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Sandwell Children's Trust
Sandwell Children's Trust rated as a Good Provider.
At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.
What we can offer you:
- Generous annual leave of up to 29 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
- We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
Job Details:
Hours - 37 per week
Location - Office based at the Hollies Contact Centre, Smethwick
Contract - 12 months fixed term contract
Sandwell Children’s Trust has a 12-months fixed term contract for a Service Support Officer based at the Hollies Contact Centre, to provide Business Admin Support throughout the service.
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Role Description:
The role is to support a busy Family Centre with all aspects of administration. The role includes reception duties, greeting visitors face to face, call handling and message taking, dealing with incoming and outgoing post, issuing and maintaining petty cash, managing shared inboxes and dealing with requests from Family Support Workers.
You will be responsible for supporting new employees with the use of equipment and using the in-house Children’s system to obtain information and uploading documents to Children’s records.
About You:
- Will hold NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or equivalent.
- Be able to demonstrate previous experience of working in a business admin role.
- You need to be IT literate with experience of using Microsoft Office packages.
- Have good communication and telephone skills.
- Have good organisational skills and ability to prioritise your own workload.
- You must also be able to work independently and work well as part of a team.


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How to Apply:
To be considered for this role, please submit your up-to-date CV together with a supporting statement of no more than 1,000 words demonstrating how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role. Your supporting statement should address the essential criteria outlined in the person specification, providing relevant examples where possible. In order to comply with safer recruitment standards your CV should include a complete employment history, with any gaps clearly explained.
Please submit your application to recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk
Closing date: midnight on Monday 21 September 2026
Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A standard DBS is required for this role.
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