Business Support Officer

Business Support Officer - Fixed term contract until 24th November 2025 but may end sooner

Post No: 41128

Salary: Starting from £25,584 to £27,269 per annum

Grade: Grade 3

Hours: 37 hours per week

Place of work: Worthing Town Hall

Closing date: 24th March 2025

Interviews: TBC

We are looking for an enthusiastic, adaptable and motivated team player to join our Business Support Team.

In this role you will help to deliver an efficient and professional post room, undertaking all duties associated with its operations and providing general administrative support to other sections within Adur and Worthing Councils as required.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent organisational and administrative skills, with meticulous attention to detail and you will need to be adaptable to ever changing needs.

Experience of working in a busy administrative environment and the ability to communicate confidently with customers and colleagues is essential. It is also essential that you can demonstrate numeracy, literacy and strong IT skills.

You will be based on site as this role cannot be performed remotely.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Basic DBS clearance and three years employment referencing.

At Adur & Worthing, we are committed to supporting care leavers, in accordance with the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and the Children and Social Work Act 2017. To that end, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for anyone meeting the essential criteria of the role they are applying for. In order to be considered for this, you will need to be a care leaver under the age of 25 at the time of application. Please confirm that you are a care leaver in your covering letter.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of applicants declaring a disability, that meet the essential criteria for this position, will be offered an interview.

Staff are our most important asset and we therefore have a benefit package which reflects our continuing commitment to our employees. This includes:

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Staff work in a supportive and safe environment, recognising their responsibility to value and respect each other’s contributions. Standards of conduct must be of the highest level to ensure that no-one is harassed, bullied or victimised. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, staff engagement forums and are keen to hear from applicants from a variety of different backgrounds.