Business Support Officer

at  Lancashire County Council

| Salary £23,893 - £25,979 Per Annum, Pro Rata | Permanent, Part Time 29.6 Hours Per Week | Lancashire |
Pay Award Pending
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship

BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Business Support Officer to join the Lancashire Safeguarding Business Unit (LSBU). In this role, you’ll support the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) to fulfil their assurance, business and statutory functions through efficient business support and administration.
This position is part time, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro–rata basis.

The post holder will work collaboratively with colleagues, managers and partners in a highly sensitive environment with limited supervision. Responsibilities will include:

• Support the effective running of child death overview panel meetings.
• Receive child death notifications and other data on each child death.
• Ensure and monitor the effectiveness of the data collection and ensure reports relevant to each child are combined into an anonymised single multi-agency report for panel members.
• Deal with correspondence, databases and relevant paperwork associated with the CDOP process.
• Utilise eCDOP and pursue outstanding agency reports when the timescales for completion are exceeded.
• In preparation for the CDOP meetings prepare and circulate the papers approximately 5-10 days prior to the meeting.

Resilience is a valued quality, given the sensitive and emotional nature of our work.
We are ideally seeking individuals for part-time roles spanning 5 days a week. However, for the right candidate, we are open to exploring alternative working patterns and would encourage you to contact us and discuss options available.
The LSBU operates a hybrid working model and while enjoying the benefits of remote work the post holder will be required to work from the office at least 3 days a week.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
Please contact Rachel.ditchfield@lancashire.gov.uk with any questions or to discuss opportunities to work for Lancashire County Council Children’s Services.
If you’re already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion. You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
Job Description & Posting Specificatio

• Support the effective running of child death overview panel meetings.
• Receive child death notifications and other data on each child death.
• Ensure and monitor the effectiveness of the data collection and ensure reports relevant to each child are combined into an anonymised single multi-agency report for panel members.
• Deal with correspondence, databases and relevant paperwork associated with the CDOP process.
• Utilise eCDOP and pursue outstanding agency reports when the timescales for completion are exceeded.
• In preparation for the CDOP meetings prepare and circulate the papers approximately 5-10 days prior to the meeting