Business Support Officer

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Lambeth to assist with the appointment of a Business Support Officer, on a 6.5-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £19.55 - £25.78 per hour

Summary:

The Business Support Officer will provide a comprehensive, professional, proactive and customer-focused business support service across the organisation. The role will support services in meeting their statutory, legal and operational obligations and contributing to the Council's Borough Plan. The successful candidate will provide effective administrative support, maintain accurate records and IT systems, manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with colleagues, service users, members of the public and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Provide a comprehensive business support service, including mailbox management, finance processing, data inputting, document storage and archiving, meeting arrangements, caseload management and note taking.
• Maintain local and corporate IT systems, spreadsheets and databases and produce appropriate reports and outputs.
• Update IT systems and individual records to ensure information required for statutory returns and local datasets is accurate, current and reliable.
• Work flexibly across the service and provide proactive support to service users.
• Manage a demanding and reactive workload while supporting the Business Support Team Leader to meet key objectives and external regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the professional delivery of established business processes, including database and records management.

Qualification:

• Educated to A-Level standard or able to demonstrate relevant experience at an appropriate level.

Essentials:

• Proven experience providing efficient and effective administrative or business support.
• Experience of efficiently operating office systems and processes.
• Excellent knowledge and practical application of IT systems, databases and software packages.
• Excellent word processing skills and the ability to compose clear correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, customers and stakeholders at all levels.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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