Business Support Assistant

Permanent full time role - 37 hours per week

Rochdale Children’s Services are looking to recruit a Business Support Assistant who wants to play a part in making a real difference to others and who would like a new and exciting challenge.

We are a friendly, flexible and a passionate team who provide professional administrative and financial support to managers and operational staff in our Youth Justice Service, Children’s Social Care and Early Help and Schools.

Interview date will be the 2nd April 2026

Overview of duties;

  • Preparation and collation of information

  • Assisting in the procurement of goods and services including financial tasks in line with policies and procedures

  • Working in an exciting and fast-paced environment alongside multi-agency teams of Social Workers, Youth workers, Family Workers,Domestic Abuse colleagues etc

  • Monitoring service and team specific mailboxes

  • Arranging, organising and minuting a range of non-statutory meetings

  • Responding to ad-hoc requests

Salary - starting from £25,583

Annual Leave: 25 days rising to 30 days with five years continuousservice, plus Bank Holidays

Benefits include;

  • Discounted Gym membership

  • Staff Groups, including Gardening, Menopause Café & Crafting

  • Workplace Wellbeing initiatives

  • Lifestyle savings platform (Vivup)

  • Bee Network

  • Blue Light Card eligibility

  • Employee Assistant Programme (EAP)

  • Metro Moneywise - Credit Union

  • Pension

To apply please upload your CV together with a supporting statement that provides evidence of how you meet the essential requirements of the role profile.

We suggest that when completing your supporting statement, you use the person specification criteria as headings then give a specific example. Please ensure you anonymise your CV and supporting statement.

External candidates applying for this role must be a Rochdale Resident who lives within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Rochdale

Supporting Documents

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Location

Drake Street, , Rochdale, OL16 1XL, United Kingdom

Job ID

12321