Business Support Officer – (A1573N)

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Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ

About the job

Job summary

Working with the Business Manager and Executive Assistants in the directorate, the Business Support Officer will play a critical role in providing efficient and proactive administrative support to senior leaders and their teams. You will be joining our small and experienced central support team in the directorate, who are committed to making positive change by providing first class professional support through collaborative relationships.

The network of Business Support Officers across the organisation enable leaders and teams to deliver their roles in an organised way by handling multiple priorities, having excellent attention to detail and being a key contact point for the teams they support. They are dedicated to providing excellent administrative support and taking an innovative approach to work tasks. They support good decision making and problem solving through collaboration and flexible working. 

This is a rare chance to shape administrative support in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose. Working with key stakeholders and a professional team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective support is provided, creating a first-class service. A high level of professionalism and confidentiality is required.

The role will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of stakeholder queries and there will be opportunities to make process improvements and get involved with cross-cutting projects. This is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to the job.

Job description

You’ll be comfortable supporting Directors and Senior Managers with administrative tasks, facilitating and servicing meetings and being a point of contact. You will be proficient in providing support services with excellent organisational, communication and digital skills, with the ability to work at pace with multiple priorities.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do and why we do it. You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.

As an experienced support professional, you will understand how to collaborate with colleagues in an inclusive and productive way. You are an advocate for change and will always be looking for opportunities to learn, innovate and improve.

Person specification

1. Excellent organisation skills with ability to anticipate and show initiative
2. Excellent administration skills with good attention to detail
3. Excellent interpersonal skills
4. Ability to work at pace and with multiple priorities
5. Effective time management skills
6. Stakeholder management skills with demonstrable initiative, proactivity and engagement with business
7. Advanced digital skills, with knowledge and experience of a range of software applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The ability to produce high quality documents and presentations

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday – Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly – At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing – We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development – At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

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