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Warwickshire County Council
About Us And The Role
Business Support Team 8 (Finance Hub) has an exciting position available. Within this role, you will be supporting the Social Care Finance Business Support team working to provide:
- Invoice processing
- Purchase orders
- Setting financial packages
- Supporting the children's teams with basic financial enquiries
We work with colleagues to provide positive outcomes, maintain and update payment trackers, and work together across Warwickshire. Warwickshire puts children at the heart of everything we do. We work with children and families restoratively, building strong relationships and connections to help families find long-lasting solutions.
Business Support contributes to the efficient running of the team and the achievement of the County Council vision to make Warwickshire the best it can be, sustainable now and for future generations.
You will work in a team to provide effective, flexible, and responsive Business Support to one of the Council’s Services, with the ability to support other teams as and when required. It is a fast-paced, energetic, and exciting area to work in, where you will be part of a close team.
You will work proactively, looking for new ways of working, contributing to the outcomes of the services that you are supporting as well as the outcomes of the Business Support Service.
We are looking for someone who has good organizational skills, is able to problem-solve, and use their own initiative, a great attention to detail with excellent communication skills.
As part of this role, you would be required to undertake general administration duties, data analysis & manipulation, responding to queries, assisting & supporting frontline services.
The successful applicant will have:
- An ability to work in a fast-paced, busy environment, and to manage changes at short notice.
- Good IT skills with a knowledge of systems for data management.
- Experience of Excel and payment systems would be desirable.
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Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary, and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police, and Education.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to You Includes:
- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.
- Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure.
For further information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification below:
Business Support Officer
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them?
At Warwickshire County Council, we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills, and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us; we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more, please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
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The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting, so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.
To discuss the role, please contact Christopher Burbidge - christopherburbidge@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 24th August 2026
Interview Date: 26th August 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk, and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of underrepresentation in its workforce. See more.
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