Job Introduction
Senior Business Support Assistant (3 posts available)
- Contract type: Permanent
- Hours: 2 x full-time (37 hours per week), 1 x part-time (pro rata)
- Salary: £27,254 – £30,024 (Please note: The successful candidate will start at the bottom of the pay scale)
- Location: Lincoln (with some flexibility to travel across the county)
- Closing date: Midnight, Monday 15th September 2025
- Interview dates: Tuesday 30th September and Wednesday 1st October 2025 (via Microsoft Teams)
Ready to launch your career in a role where every day brings something new?
Our Business Support teams are the soul of our organisation, playing a vital role in keeping everything running efficiently.
Whether you're the friendly face greeting families at our Children’s Centres, supporting our Executive team behind the scenes, or sharing your expertise across Fire and Rescue, Highways, HR and more, you'll be making a real difference across Lincolnshire County Council.
Join us, grow with us, and be part of something bigger.
We have three permanent vacancies for a Senior Business Support Assistant, two full time and one part-time, both based in Lincoln.
About us
Our Business Support teams are at the very heart of everything we do at the Council. With every service we deliver and every change we introduce across the county, the Business Support teams provide professional and invaluable support to all our Directorates.
You will be providing a high level of administrative support, including:
- Workload supervision and support to a Business Support Team
- Undertaking a range of duties to meet service area needs
- Networking and liaising with Senior Management across different services
- Producing documents to a high standard of accuracy with attention to detail
- Coach and mentor other members of the Business Support Team.
What you'll need to be successful
We are looking for candidates who have:
- Previous experience of administration within a busy work environment to a high level
- Previous experience with working and coordinating with multiple agencies
- Self-motivated with excellent time management skills
- First-class customer service skills, including a good telephone manner
- A range of transferrable skills, including previous experience with Microsoft Office
- A flexible working style and ability to react to constantly changing work environments as some evening work may be required
- The ability to communicate effectively with other teams and agencies
- Minute taking experience
It is essential for both posts that you are able to travel to multiple locations.
The Business Support family works flexibly to meet the needs of all services across the organisation, this means that some of our roles require cover for later hours and weekend working. Some posts may require the ability to travel.
What we offer
In addition to a competitive salary and local government pension scheme, we have a wealth of benefits to be enjoyed by you! These include a generous holiday entitlement starting at 25 days plus bank holidays (and the chance to buy an additional 10 days), flexible working hours, access to many staff discounts, and a first-class health and wellbeing package. Learning and development is also part of our everyday, so there’ll be opportunities to undertake a range of training and qualifications too. We really do have everything covered.
Further details can be found here Rewards and benefits – Lincolnshire County Council
Next steps
If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you and are happy to chat through your current experience or answer questions. Please email RecruitmentBS@lincolnshire.gov.uk.
Applications close on 15th September 2025, and interviews will be held using Microsoft Teams on 30th September and 1st October 2025.
Due to recent changes in immigration law in the UK we are unable to offer skilled worker visa sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the requirements of RQF Level 6.
Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.
All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.
On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
