Internal Vacancy - Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

*This job may be suitable as a secondment opportunity for internal candidates wishing to gain experience in a higher or different role. Managers and applicants must note that all secondments are subject to agreement between the relevant departments and therefore the recruiting manager must speak with HR before offering a job on a secondment basis. *

Specialist Business Support Officer

In this role you will work collectively with colleagues across Children’s Services to ensure Children’s Services is making Wirral great for children, young people and their families and to promote an ethos of a high level of customer service to all key stakeholders, partners and clients.

About the Role

We have an opportunity for a Specialist Business Support Officer to work within the SEND team. Successful candidates are expected to provide efficient administrative support and be responsible for, in accordance with corporate policies, administrations of financial reporting, collation of information, communications and auditing procedures in support of the delivery of statutory requirements across the service.

About the Candidate

We are looking for someone who is well organised, who can manage their time efficiently and is passionate in supporting the smooth running of the service.

The successful candidate will have excellent literacy and numeracy skills and qualified to NVQ Level 3 or will have equivalent admin experience, have experience of basic data input entry to business support systems and extrapolation and an understanding of confidentiality requirements. The successful candidate will have experience of working in a customer service or office environment and will be able to work to deadlines. Financial procurement and budget management experience is necessary as is experience working across multiple databases.

If you would like an informal chat regarding this role, please contact Danielle Smith on daniellesmith2@wirral.gov.uk

As part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

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It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

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