Job ref: RBC8440
Location: Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale
Salary: £18,070 to £20,138
Grade: 4
Working Hours: 37 per week
Closing Date: 6th August 2017
Interview Date: to be arranged
Children’s Services are now in a position to recruit an enthusiastic, hard working person to be part of Children’s Services Business Support. This is an interesting and challenging post providing administrative support to Children’s Social Care Managers and operational staff.
The successful candidate will support the team to carry out administrative duties with a main focus of attending meetings and taking minutes. You will be able to take minutes to a high standard in a formal setting, the subject matter of which can be challenging.
This is a busy role that requires someone who can demonstrate that they are highly motivated and organised and who can work as part of a team or on their own initiative.
If you are interested in joining our successful team we would love to hear from you.
This is a temporary contract for approximately 6 months to cover the secondment of the substantive postholder
Approval for secondment should be obtained from your Service Director (or nominated representative) before applying for this post
Please click here for Business Support Officer job description and person specification.pdf
Please click here for Policy on recruitment of ex-offenders.pdf
Applicants should be aware that the Council has approved a number of changes to terms and conditions of service that will be effective from 1st April 2017.
Please click on the following link to view Terms and Conditions April 2017.pdf
Support for Armed Forces
ARMED FORCES INTERVIEW SCHEME
Rochdale Borough Council has Member approval to implement a proposal to guarantee an interview from ex-service personnel applicants where they meet certain qualifying criteria.
The aim of this proposal is to deliver the Council’s commitment to further ‘the Armed Forces Community Covenant’ to ensure that ex-armed forces personnel are not disadvantaged, when applying for job vacancies, as a result of their service.
Ex-service personnel will be guaranteed an interview under the Scheme where they meet the following conditions:
They must meet the essential criteria for the post set out within the Person Specification.
The armed forces must be their last known long term employer.
They have been looking for a job for between 6-24 months since they left the Armed Forces.