Business Support Assistant (ELS) in Chelmsford

This is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity until 31st July 2027. This is a part time position working 29.6 hours per week working Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with a pro rata salary of £20,767 per annum.

Essex Legal Services ‘ELS’ provide high quality, professional, legal advice across the Council and to increasing numbers of external clients. As part of the Practice Management function, you will be working closely with colleagues within a small team to deliver high quality business support to legal colleagues.

The successful applicant will be an experienced administrator, with strong organisational skills, strong communication skills, and the ability to build good working relationships leading to excellent customer service.

• Contributes to the delivery of high-quality business support services, including all aspects of administration, postal services, creating and maintaining records and databases, across Essex Legal Services.
• Works collaboratively with colleagues for understanding customer needs to provide them with a service they value, driving the delivery of productivity and efficiency improvements.
• Responsible for delivering against personal objectives which support the wider function strategic vision.
• Contributes to the development and improvement of local systems and processes to improve efficiency and service delivery.
• Ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues/stakeholders and clients to ensure a quality service is provided to the customer.

• Educated to ‘A’ level or equivalent by experience.
• Evidence of knowledge in relevant professional area and a willingness to develop.
• Experience of working within an administrative or business management environment, within the public or private sector.
• Ability to build good working relationships across a large, complex organisation with colleagues and customers.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained.

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.