Client Relationship Assistant

Hours: 37, Flexible working hours Pension Scheme.

Do you want to help us deliver a great service to the schools of Bristol, neighbouring areas and our internal customers? Are you forward thinking? A team player and would love the challenge of working in a fast paced, dynamic traded environment?

Trading with Schools, a department within Bristol City Council, delivers high quality services to Educational Settings across Bristol and neighbouring areas. We thrive on our relationships with our customers and are always looking to develop new and exciting opportunities to support Educational Settings to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

We are looking to recruit a Client Relationship Assistant within the Client Relationships team, the business support function within Trading with Schools. This is a varied role, reporting to the Client Relationships Team Leader, you will responsible for assisting with the management of the Trading with Schools website, administrative and financial functions, including Invoicing, administrative support for both Trading with Schools and partner services teams within Education and the wider City Council, query resolution, providing the first point of contact by telephone/email, on a rota basis for school customers, internal customers, parents and other professionals and assisting with the management of CPD including venue bookings.

We’re incredibly proud of our employees who work behind the scenes to ensure that we can provide an efficient service to our customers. 

Trading with schools is therefore delighted to be recruiting a Client Relationships Assistant, who is willing to join us to reach shared goals, have a positive can-do attitude and who is not afraid of trying new things.  

Do you see yourself as someone who can do all this? If yes, we would love to meet you! 

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.