Business Support Assistant - Social Work - SBO09329
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,216.08 to £25,493.58 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 September 2025 |
| Location: | Galashiels, TD1 3AS |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Scottish Borders Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SBO09329 |
Summary
Job Details
Grade: 4A
Hourly Rate: £13.26 - £13.96
Salary: £24216.08 - £25493.58 pro annum
Contract Duration: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours
Role Purpose
We are excited to offer an opening for a Business Support Assistant – This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenge working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same. As a Business Support Assistant, you’ll provide administration support to the Team Leaders, and other Social Work professionals, along with partner agencies such as Education, Police and Health. Your day-to-day tasks will include:
Telephone Answering
Letter typing and distribution
Minute taking and distribution
Corporate Appointees – processing payments
Use of SBC applications such as Mosaic, Business World, Intranet, One Drive and Microsoft packages
Processing Police Concern Forms & Inter-Agency Referral
Being first point of telephone/email contact to the public and Professionals
Monitoring of Team mailboxes
Completing Mosaic tasks Processing of invoices
Working closely with the Social Work staff
Essential Qualifications
Minimum of 3 Standard Grades at level 1, 2, 3 (or equivalent), including English
Informal Enquiries
Informal enquiries may be made to Katie Saunders at Katie.Saunders@scotborders.gov.uk
Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.