Assistant Business Manager 7670

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Job Description

Temporary contract until 31 March 2026 | £30,559 to £32,654 per annum (Scale G) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Assistant Business Manager to join our Adult Social Services Business Support team. The successful candidate will plan, manage, and deliver a wide range of business support to operational managers and staff, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and high standards of customer care. This role involves continuous improvement of Business Support procedures and overseeing the deployment of staffing resources to support an operational team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, direct, manage, and develop a large team to ensure full engagement and monitor workloads to meet deadlines.
• Handle multiple requests from operational staff and senior management while managing a team and ensuring business as usual.
• Resolve conflicts within the team and manage underperforming staff effectively.
• Utilise technology to improve efficiency and streamline processes.
• Requirements:

You will possess proven experience in a similar role, preferably within a business support or administrative setting. Strong leadership and team management skills are essential. The candidate must exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. It is crucial to have the capability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Proficiency in using all Microsoft Office tools is required.

Interviews w/c 10th March.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
• 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
• Relocation expenses (where applicable)
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
• Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

**To be used for concurrent roles**

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 9th March 2025 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 16th March 2025 23:59