Business Support Training Officer

Business Support Training Officer

Are you an organised, solution focused and conscientious person?

Would you like to be part of a team that provides excellent Foster Carers for our vulnerable children?

The Fostering Service is looking for a committed individual who can provide a high level of administrative support to join the Fostering Business Support Team. Previous experience of working within a similar environment such as Children’s Services or a Fostering Agency would be an advantage. Excellent business administration skills, flexibility and a keen eye for detail are essential qualities needed for this position.

The primary purpose of this role is to provide an effective service for our Foster Carers, main duties will include:

• Lead on organising training for our Foster Carers

• To write and maintain our Fostering Training Brochure

• Ensure our Foster Carers are meeting the National Minimum Standards required for their training records

• Working with other teams and our consortium partners to offer a strong training schedule for our Foster Carers

• Room bookings and event planning

• To liaise with external training providers and find the best deals for the best training

• Accurate data collection

In addition you will be required to;

Undertake a range of other administrative duties to meet statutory service needs. The successful candidate will need to be adaptable and can manage conflicting priorities, timescales and workloads and will have an excellent knowledge of all Microsoft computer programs, particularly word and excel. In return, we can offer a varied role in a friendly team with opportunities to gain knowledge and experience from colleagues and teams within the Permanence Service.

Please note that the role is based at the Woolwich Centre but there will be a requirement for the post holder to travel to other venues and offices around the borough on a regular basis.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The successful candidate with be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. Any job offers will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory DBS and references.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Stephanie Decker; stephanie.decker@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 020 8921 8695

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

Internal to External: This opportunity has recently been advertised as an opportunity for current RBG employees (internal only advertising). Applications received during the internal advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position via an application to this job advertisement during the internal advertising period, any further application will not be shortlisted.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.