Business Support Officer

Business Support Officer

Date Posted: 2026-09-03T12:10:47

Location: Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands, GB, B37 7

Contract Type: Temporary

Application Closing Date: 2026-10-01T20:34:35.877

Hourly Rate: £13.90 PAYE

Work Location: Council House and Chelmunds Place / Hybrid. Wednesdays and Fridays are typically onsite days per week, subject to change. 2 days onsite per week.

Working Schedule: Monday - Thursday: 8:50am - 5:20pm, Fridays 8:50am - 4:30pm. 1-hour unpaid lunch per day. 37 hours per week.

Duration: Temporary basis, 3 months.

Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of our Client, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, for a Business Support Officer on a temporary basis to join the Home Finding Team within our Commissioning for Children, Young People and Families Service. Working on a full-time basis, you will work with Senior Home Finding Officers and colleagues from other service areas to support care arrangements for children we care for.

The Home Finding Team supports children and young people who are unable to live with their families by identifying suitable homes that meet their needs. The team works closely with social workers and providers to coordinate searches, manage contracts and costs, and maintain accurate information. As a Business Support Officer, you will be an important part of this process, helping the team to operate efficiently and ensuring key information, documentation, and communications are managed effectively to support timely decision-making for children and young people.

Duties Include:

• Maintaining information systems and providing general administrative support to the team.
• Mailbox management
• Producing contracts
• Support with cost reviews
• Due diligence checks
• Uploading information to systems and responding to queries.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in Commissioning, Placements, Home Finding, and Brokerage is beneficial.
• Confident in using Excel.
• Significant previous experience of office administration.
• Ability to organise and prioritise competing demands.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of using a wide range of computer packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook (or equivalent).
• Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced environment.
• 4 GCSE's or equivalent graded at C/4+ or NVQ level 2.

All offers will be subject to satisfactory compliance screening, including right to work in the UK and references. If successful, candidates will be required to provide information to support the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's commitment to the prevention and detection of fraud. This information will be processed by the Council's Internal Audit Services and may be shared with the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) for data matching.