CP Minute Taker

CP Minute Taker Croydon, England

Croydon Council
Full Time Croydon, England 33351 - 34341 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Job title: CP Minute Taker

Department: Children’s Services

Location: Croydon Council (CR0)

Grade / Salary: Grade 7; £33,351 - £34,341

Hours of work: 36 per week / Monday – Friday

Contract type: FTC until February 2024 / Secondment


“Have you got the passion and drive to make positive changes in the lives of children and young people?”


Our Child Protection Conference service within Safeguarding and Quality Assurance are seeking an experienced minute taker. The purpose of the role is to provide high quality routine business support, ensuring that service standards and customer requirements are met in accordance with the agreed service level agreements (SLAs). The position will require you to build supportive and collaborative ways of working with other Service Coordinators in order to facilitate flexible and lateral working across Business Support. You will participate in the development and implementation of service improvements, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance and policies, provide guidance, support and expertise to other Business Support staff as directed by senior Business Support staff. Ensure that processes, systems and governance arrangements are followed and fit for purpose.


The CP minute taker post requires to have a specialist skillset to undertake these statutory duties, which cannot be covered by other business support staff from within social care. The CP minute takers minute very complex multi-agency meetings, where the nature of information being shared requires staff to have specialist training and ongoing support hence having a specialist dedicated team to do this CP minute takers role.


Why Join Us

  • You will be offered a pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
  • 29 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, pro rata
  • The team arrange meetings weekly to ensure all colleagues have the support required to fulfil their duties, they will use this time to problem solve complex cases
  • The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
  • You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise
  • You will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable and understanding manager
  • Will have the opportunity to work from home and work flexibly which provides you with more of a work-life balance.

About You

  • Demonstrable experience of taking an accurate record of meetings.
  • Experience of managing competing priorities.
  • Demonstrable experience of providing administrative and organisational support in a demanding environment and within statutory and procedural guidelines.
  • Demonstrable experience organising and co-ordinating events and meetings.
  • Knowledge of common business support systems used throughout the council.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of the customers’ business support requirements.
  • Knowledge of national legislation, policies, standards and initiatives relevant to this role within a local government environment. Delivering customer service expertise.


Recruitment and Selection Timeline

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on 3rd September 2023

Shortlisting will take place WC 4th September 2023

Interviews will take WC 11th September 2023


Equal opportunities


Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.


As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.


Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Children’s DBS check.

CP Minute Taker
Croydon Council

www.croydon.gov.uk
Croydon, United Kingdom
Yvette Hopley
Unknown / Non-Applicable
201 to 500 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
1995
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