Business Administrator

Business Administrator – Children’s Services ? Cheshire East area

We’re working with Cheshire East Council to recruit a Business Administrator to provide high-quality administrative support across Children’s Services, with a particular focus on Children’s Partnership Boards and multi-agency working.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced administrator who thrives in a fast-paced, professional environment and enjoys working with senior stakeholders to support service improvement and partnership delivery.

? The Role As a Business Administrator, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth and effective coordination of meetings, boards, events and administrative systems that support children’s services across the borough.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating agendas, papers, reports, venues, attendance, minutes and follow-up actions for multi-agency and senior management boards and sub-groups
  
  
• Providing comprehensive administrative support to the Children’s Partnership Boards, service leads and wider team
  
  
• Liaising directly with senior managers and partner agencies
  
  
• Organising events including board meetings, conferences, development days and multi-agency workshops
  
  
• Managing administrative systems, correspondence, inboxes, phone calls and filing
  
  
• Supporting service development and partnership working to help improve outcomes for children and families
  
  
• Handling sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion
  
  

? About You You’ll be an organised, proactive administrator who can confidently manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively across services.

Essential criteria include:

• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards this
  
  
• Strong administrative experience, ideally including minute-taking and meeting coordination
  
  
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
  
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
  
  
• Ability to work calmly to deadlines while maintaining accuracy
  
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
  
• High attention to detail and accurate minute-taking ability
  
  
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information professionally
  
  
• A friendly, adaptable and resilient approach to work
  
  

Desirable experience:

• Experience in a local government or public sector environment
  
  
• Knowledge of Children’s Services, safeguarding and SEND
  
  
• Understanding of data protection, confidentiality and basic financial processing
  
  

? Additional Information

• Willingness to travel across the Cheshire East borough as required
  
  
• Flexible approach to work
  
  
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
  
  

? How to Apply If this sounds like the right fit for you, please get in touch:

? john.deane@servicecare.org.uk

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