Location
Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
SC5 (£32,535 – £33,987)

About the Role
We are looking for an organised and proactive Business Support Officer to join our Safeguarding & Social Care Service within Children’s Services. In this varied role, you will provide professional business support to help meet the statutory and operational requirements of the service, ensuring that administrative processes run efficiently and effectively. You will be responsible for a wide range of business support activities including document management, data entry, meeting coordination, minute taking, record keeping, and maintaining accurate information systems. Working closely with colleagues and partner agencies, you will play an important role in supporting excellent outcomes for children, young people and families.

About the Team
You will join a dedicated and collaborative team committed to delivering high-quality support services across Children’s Services. The team works closely with operational managers, social care professionals, partner agencies and other stakeholders to ensure services are responsive, effective and compliant with statutory requirements. Continuous improvement is at the heart of how we work and you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas, identify efficiencies and help shape better ways of delivering support services. As part of an agile team environment, you will also provide cover for colleagues when required and work collaboratively to meet changing service needs.

About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days plus bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Experience
Experience of delivering high-quality business support or administrative services, ideally within a complex, regulated or public sector environment.

About You
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, work under pressure and meet deadlines. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, along with the ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Confident in maintaining accurate records and filing systems, entering and managing data, and producing information and reports. Good IT skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, and experience of using systems to support service delivery. A team player committed to continuous improvement, delivering excellent customer service and supporting the vital work of Children’s Services.