GSCP Business Support Officer

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership (GSCP) Business Unit, supporting Gloucestershire’s safeguarding partners — the Integrated Care Board, Constabulary, and County Council — to fulfill their statutory duties under Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026. As part of a small, specialist team, you will play a key role in providing high-quality administrative, governance, and secretariat support to ensure the smooth and effective operation of partnership processes.

This office-based role offers flexible, agile working and does not involve direct work with children or families. However, emotional resilience is important due to the nature of some partnership materials. No prior safeguarding experience is required — full support will be provided to develop your knowledge of the GSCP and its functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver effective business support to ensure deadlines are met and partnership activity runs efficiently.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support, including managing enquiries and support requests efficiently and effectively.
• Cook up meetings, seminars, and workshops (including booking venues, issuing invitations, preparing agendas, and using digital solutions to ensure accurate record-keeping).
• Support governance processes and partnership coordination through the production of high-quality documentation using Microsoft 365 applications.
• Use and develop digital solutions to enhance and streamline essential partnership processes, improving efficiency and impact.
• Provide guidance and support to administrative staff and/or apprentices where required.
• Undertake additional duties appropriate to the role.

About You

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record in business administrative support, ideally within a partnership or multi-agency environment. They will also have strong, demonstrable skills in Microsoft 365, including effective use of SharePoint and Teams to support collaboration, communication, and document management.

About Us

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• Plus, an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How To Apply

Please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lucinda Hillary via email at lucinda.hillary@gloucestershire.gov.uk