The Adults Commissioning Team sits in the Adults and Housing Directorate and is a busy team with a focus on achieving excellent outcomes for our residents to enable them to live a "better life". Knowledge of the social care market is essential to support the team and this is an opportunity for the successful candidate to start a career in Commissioning. The team is seeking a new member of staff to support them with their work, to provide excellent administrative support working closely with our care providers and operational colleagues. You will be working within a very friendly, dynamic, and supportive team. Whilst based at County Hall in Dorchester, where possible we support a flexible approach to working, enabling a mix of home and office-based working once full training had been carried out.. We are seeking someone with the following skills: Proven effective knowledge of office practices and administrative procedures Good written/spoken English Knowledge of best practise in relation to customer care Knowledge of project management principles Knowledge of a range of IT systems, including Word, Excel, email and databases Ability to work with minimum supervision, to use initiative, prioritise and complete work under pressure For further detail please see the accompanying context statement. Further Information This is a full time role at 37 hours per week. This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed. This post requires you to have access to sensitive information. It will be subject to a Basic Criminal Records Check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. See our adult safeguarding policy. If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact: Mary Coward - Commissioning Manager Market and Partnerships (email [email protected] or by telephone on 01305 221270) or Sarah Sewell - Head of Service, Older People, Home First and Market Access (email [email protected] or by telephone on 01305 221256). The team work in a hybrid manner, with a mix of working at home and in the office at County Hall, Dorchester. Full training will be given. Planned interview dates will be week commencing 14 October 2024. About Us Dorset Council: A great place to work We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant. Find out more about how to apply .