ABOUT THIS JOB

We are seeking to appoint a Business Support Officer to join the Virtual School Team. Our job is to ensure that our looked after children are supported with their educational needs and funded by pupil premium plus as appropriate. The BSO role is integral to the team, being responsible for the finance aspects of what we do, supporting with setting up training courses for our designated teachers, social workers, foster carer and Governors. The role also has responsibility for administrating the tuition we commission for our young people and finally the day-to-day admin for the Virtual School.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POST

To be familiar with IT and Finance systems including Microsoft excel and word.
You should have a good understanding of the GDPR legislation

ABOUT US

Our vision for our Council is ‘No-one left behind’, something the Virtual School embraces wholeheartedly. The Virtual School has grown over the past few years to support the increasing number of Looked after Children. We are excellent at supporting our young people and our results have been consistently above average for the last 5 years.
Barking and Dagenham is a New Kind of Council. Over the past four years we have gone through an ambitious transformation programme to ensure we can deliver real change with our community. This has seen us transform the council and the way we deliver services to our residents.
Our borough is vibrant and diverse, and this is something we are proud of. We value the diversity of people who live, work and visit Barking and Dagenham and it is our vision to create a place where people understand, respect and celebrate each other’s differences.

Please refer the Job description for details