Team Leader

At Staffordshire County Council, we are committed to ensuring children, young people and families receive the right support at the right time. Our Business Support Teams play a vital role in enabling frontline services to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and families across Staffordshire.

As a Business Support Team Leader, you will join a supportive and forward-thinking service where your leadership, organisational skills and commitment to excellent customer service will make a real difference. We offer a range of employee benefits including flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave entitlement, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, ongoing learning and development opportunities and a commitment to supporting staff wellbeing.

The role will require office-based working for a minimum of three days per week.

This post is designated as a Casual Car User and there will be a requirement to travel between sites.

Do you have experience of leading teams and delivering high-quality business support services? Are you passionate about developing people, improving processes and making a difference to children and families?

This is a 18-month fixed term contract. Hours of work are 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am - 4:30pm on Fridays.

We are seeking a dynamic and organised Business Support Team Leader to manage and coordinate business support services within Children and Families Services.

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

• Lead and develop a team of business support professionals.
• Ensure the effective delivery of administrative and operational support to frontline services.
• Manage financial processes and support budget monitoring activities.
• Promote service improvements and digital ways of working.
• Support the management of buildings, facilities, health and safety and local operational processes.
• Build strong working relationships with managers, practitioners and partner organisations.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced team leader to make a meaningful contribution within a service that supports some of the most vulnerable children and families across Staffordshire.

In this role you will:

• Lead, motivate and support a team of Business Support professionals across district locations.
• Ensure high-quality business support services are delivered efficiently and effectively to frontline Children and Families teams.
• Manage staff performance, attendance, wellbeing and development, creating a positive and supportive working environment.
• Coordinate workloads and resources to meet changing service demands and priorities.
• Contribute to recruitment, induction and training activities.
• Manage and monitor financial processes in line with County Council regulations and procedures.
• Support the management of office accommodation, facilities, equipment, health and safety and business continuity arrangements.
• Work collaboratively with managers and stakeholders to identify opportunities for service improvement.
• Promote innovation and digital ways of working to improve efficiency and customer experience.
• Analyse information and provide advice, guidance and solutions to support operational decision-making.
• Act as a visible leader, championing organisational values and continuous improvement across the service.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

Qualifications

• Level 3 or Level 4 qualification in Business Administration or equivalent experience.
• GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade C/4 or above) or equivalent.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft 365 applications.

You'll be:

• An experienced team leader with a proven ability to motivate, support and develop others.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• A confident communicator who can build effective working relationships at all levels.
• Skilled at identifying practical solutions and improving processes.
• Comfortable interpreting information, analysing data and making informed decisions.
• Adaptable and resilient, responding positively to change and new challenges.
• Committed to delivering excellent customer service and achieving positive outcomes.
• Passionate about developing people and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.

Minimum Criteria

• Experience of managing teams within an administrative, business support or operational environment.
• Experience of performance management, workload planning and service delivery.
• Knowledge of financial procedures, budget monitoring or business administration processes.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft 365 applications.
• An understanding of health and safety responsibilities within a workplace environment.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and customers.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Sonya Bloor, Business Support Manager at: sonya.bloor@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews will be held on 19th October 2026

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

For information, please note that there is currently an ongoing review within Children and Families to realign individual teams and the wider team’s ways of working. As a result, this role may be affected by the review. For further information, please speak to the hiring manager.

Please note: The minimum criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes detailed below.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.

We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.