Business Support Officer - Education Lead

We're working to improve the lives of young people in Somerset- and you'll be a key part of that. As a Senior Business Support Officer - Education Lead, you will provide essential governance and administrative support to key education boards and projects, ensuring meetings and statutory processes run smoothly.

This role acts as a central point of co-ordination, managing agendas, preparing reports, maintaining compliance, and facilitating stakeholder engagement. Through effective organisation, research and communication, this position strengthens collaboration across teams supporting the successful delivery of education initiatives and high-quality outcomes.

Your day-to-day work will involve:

• Supporting and facilitating The Somerset Schools Forum (LINK)
• Supporting and attending other meetings and workshops, taking minutes, capturing actions and managing any votes or elections as required.
• Working with and directly supporting Senior managers within Children's Services and Finance.
• Developing and maintaining information systems to ensure statutory duties are met.
• Maintaining and supporting public facing web pages for the School Forum.
• Supporting all aspects of the successful delivery of projects or other time-specific work assignments to defined time, cost, and quality., We're proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

• A strong understanding of governance processes, statutory requirements, and democratic decision-making.
• Knowledge of education sector structures and key stakeholders.
• Proficient in project management principles and administrative best practices.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities/ deadlines and strong written/verbal communication skills, including minute taking and report preparation.
• The ability to research, analyse, and interpret complex information to support decision-making.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.