Senior Business Support Officer

This Job posting is only open to Internal Applicants at Brent Council

Salary range: £40,755 - £43,299 p.a. inc. London weighting
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. 

The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

We are seeking an experienced officer to manage the efficient delivery of administrative support to services within the Children and Young People and Community Development department, identifying and implementing improvements as required to achieve this.

This role involves but is not limited to:

• The Line management of Business Support Officers, with a strong emphasis on excellent performance and efficiency. 
• Providing efficient and professional day to day administration support to the allocated service(s) within Children and Young People and Community Development department.
• Ensuring effective financial administration within Business Support functions, ensuring invoices and payments are processed and financial allowances are paid in accordance with Council policies and procedures.
• Support effective working relationships and act as an ambassador and advocate with external organisations.
• Ensuring services across the department have access to high quality business support, managing workloads for Business Support Officers as appropriate to meet demands through the creation and maintenance of efficient administration.

The Person

The successful candidate will work collaboratively to very tight deadlines and ensure that the administrative support provided meets the needs of the service. The individual will have a sound understanding of effective management practices, particularly as they relate to performance management and the development of service provision and staff. The successful candidate should be an individual of integrity and good character; has the appropriate experience, qualification, and skills for the work. A knowledge of the safeguarding of children is desirable.

Closing date: 17 August 2025 (23:00)

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

This position is only open to current employees of Brent Council or Temporary Agency Workers currently working in Brent Council. External candidates are not permitted to apply for internal only roles. Forwarding ‘internal only’ roles to external candidates may lead to disciplinary action being taken.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk

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