Business Managers

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• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ

About the job

Job summary

We believe Companies House is a great place to work and we’d love you to come and join us!

Are you someone who can deliver a quality service successfully in a challenging and dynamic environment?   

Do you have excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver at pace?

If so we have an exciting opportunity for 4 Business Managers to join Companies House and to work in one of our directorates across the business.

As a Business Manager you will play a crucial role in providing administrative support across the Directorate. You will work with SLTs across the Directorate to enable Executive Board members to focus on strategic objectives. By engaging with stakeholders at all levels within the business, coordinating meetings, and managing resources effectively, you will contribute to the overall success and growth of Companies House.

The exact scope of the role will vary depending on the directorate needs and priorities and will evolve over time.

The directorates we are recruiting for are:

• Finance and commercial
• Digital and Technology
• Transformation Delivery (Security Clearance will be needed for this role)
• Intelligence (Security Clearance will be needed for this role)

To find out more about what a great place Companies House is to work visit Companies House

Job description

Administrative Support

Provide comprehensive administrative support across the Directorate.

Track reports, monitor risks and actions, and support budget forecasts and monitoring.

Develop communication assets including PowerPoint presentations, bulletins, and SharePoint content.

Working with some budget and financial controls eg raising Purchase Orders (PO).

Learning and Development (L&D) Support

Coordinate booking of training sessions and liaise with training providers.

Organise training logistics and monitor L&D budget.

Maintain learning management systems, gather evaluation data, and communicate key L&D opportunities effectively.

Meeting and Event Planning

Collaborate with Personal Assistants (PAs) to plan meetings and coordinate agendas.

Facilitate minute taking, meeting chairing, and action log maintenance.

Stakeholder Engagement

Engage with directorate Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs) and support Directorate engagement groups.

Assist in People and Pulse survey output at the directorate level.

Collaboration across function/directorate

Working across the Business Manager function, to collectively manage the flow of information to and from the leadership team.

Develop an understanding of the work of the wider team and the strategic objectives that their work supports to inform effective prioritisation, delegation and coordination.

Person specification

• Excellent communication, organisation, and time management skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Strong decision-making skills under pressure, with the capacity to understand directors’ needs.
• Proficient in prioritising workload and managing multiple demands.
• Skilled in using data and metrics to produce reports.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and flexible with the ability to adapt to new business needs.
• Competent in technology and data management, with expertise in Office365 suite and Microsoft applications.
• Experience of working in change and ambiguity

Additional Requirements

• Must uphold confidentiality and may be required to undergo SC level security clearance. (for certain directorates)
• Willingness to undertake additional tasks such as event organization or collaboration with colleagues and managers.
• Regular coordination with team members for effective flow of information and strategic alignment.

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £27,663, Companies House contributes £7,994 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

We believe that our success is driven by the well-being and satisfaction of our team members at all levels of the organisation. At Companies House we’re committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary, ensuring your career journey with us is not only fulfilling, but also rewarding. We pride ourselves on offering a quality work-life balance with our employee wellbeing being central to our working practices. 

Head to Our benefits – Working for us – Recruitment (companieshouse.gov.uk) to find out more about the fantastic benefits package we have at Companies House. 

We celebrate diversity… 

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity, being committed to ensuring we’re representative of the citizens we serve and creating an inclusive environment. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. To fulfil our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups. We also welcome applications from Welsh speakers. 

We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive and we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions in advance, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any person-centred adjustments, please contact us by emailing [email protected] 

Where will you be working? 

You will be aligned to our Cardiff Office, where we are currently using a hybrid approach to the way we work. Our approach to hybrid working provides opportunities for you to be adaptable in the way you work so that you can achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life. The degree of choice you have will depend on business need, your role and your day-to-day work activities and will be discussed at offer stage.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Tracey Brown
• Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]

Further information

We welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. In accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles, our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by the requirement of appointment on the basis of merit by fair and open competition. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contact [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commission .

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Civil Service Commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road SW1A 2HQ

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