Business Support/Minute Taker

Headstart Employment Ltd ,
Sutton Green, Surrey
Contract Type: Contract
Salary: £13 per hour

Overview

Business Support Officer/Minute Taker Sutton Our client is seeking Business Support Officer who are interested in working as part of a dynamic team, developing your skill base in a Social Care setting. The Social Care Support Team is an interesting and flexible working environment, ever innovating and adapting to meet the challenges and changing needs of Adults and Children's Social Care. The Business Officer Role is varied on a day to day basis and will consist of general office duties, supporting meetings as a minute taker and data input into a variety of packages as well as the ability to create reports within the Google suite which includes Google docs and Google sheets. A large proportion of the Business Support Officer role will involve taking minutes at a range of safeguarding meetings for both children and adults. It is important for that candidates are aware that these meetings may contain distressing and sensitive information about vulnerable people and their situations. These meetings are held daily and are assigned on a rota basis, although full training will be given, candidates must be able to produce good quality minutes inside the statutory deadlines. All meetings are typed, using Chromebooks and therefore the minimum 50 words per minute are required. Skills required; Typing speed of a minimum of 50 words a minute is essential Adept working with various IT packages Excellent communication and negotiation skills (advantageous if experienced in liaising with internal customers) Flexible and adaptable to take minutes at a variety of meetings Working to timescales and deadlines ensuring we stay within the statutory timescales Accurate and high quality minute taking Able to work using your own initiative, taking responsibility and ownership of your own workload that has been assigned Be an excellent team player Although experience in social services is not essential, an understanding of working in an office and team environment would be an advantage. An understanding and basic working knowledge of data protection and GDPR is essential for this role. Headstart Employment is an Equal Opportunity Employer