Part-Time Business Support Officer

Location: Remote (occasional visits to Shire Hall)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week over 3 days (flexible but ideally a Monday) - 9am-5pm (30 min break
Contract: 6 months (with potential to extend)
Pay: -13.26ph

About the Role
We are seeking a reliable, professional, and emotionally resilient individual to provide temporary support for the Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR) process. This role will support a small, specialist team in ensuring that statutory reviews are conducted efficiently, accurately, and with sensitivity.
The role involves coordinating and minuting review meetings, maintaining action logs, supporting multi-agency panels, and handling sensitive information with discretion. This is a vital position that contributes to lessons learned from domestic abuse-related deaths and unexplained deaths, supporting statutory agencies in safeguarding communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide business support to the DARDR officer.
• Coordinate and minute DARDR review meetings, maintaining accurate action logs.
• Support the DARDR Sub-group, including quarterly minutes, action logs, and follow-up actions.
• Manage the chronology process: disseminate and collate information across statutory partners.
• Manage the DARDR mailbox, including updates from independent reviewers and arranging meeting dates.
• Support administration and co-ordination of Domestic Violence Emerging Trends meetings.
• Assist with scheduling and administration for all stages of review cases, including decision/scoping meetings, panel meetings, draft report meetings, and redraft meetings following Home Office queries.

Person Specification

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong business support and administrative experience.
• Can coordinate meetings and accurately minute discussions.
• Demonstrates emotional maturity and resilience, able to manage sensitive content professionally.
• Can engage effectively with multiple stakeholders, including statutory agencies, professionals, and occasionally family members.
• Is highly organised, with excellent attention to detail for maintaining action logs and correspondence.
• Is discreet, reliable, and professional at all times.
• Can work flexibly within agreed hours, with remote working as the norm.

About us and our client

As a flexible employee of Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd, you will be joining a company that holds the distinction of being one of the largest and most successful independent recruitment agencies in the country. Our pioneering spirit and ability to tap into the uniqueness of everyone''s talents has enabled us to open doors for our employees, our clients, and our applicants too. Our philosophies and rewards are built on mutual trust and respect within a partnership environment where you will feel both fulfilled and valued.
Warwickshire County Council is a leading Local Authority with offices across the county. They are committed to delivering high-quality services and you can expect to be part of teams that are:

• High performing
• Collaborative
• Customer focused
• Accountable
• Trustworthy