Business Support Officer

Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Business Support Officer to join our Corporate Business Support Service. This is a full time post, supporting our Parking team.

Are you ready to make a real difference in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment? Join our Corporate Business Support team as a Business Support Specialist and play a vital role in delivering high- quality administrative and business support across the authority. If you are organised, proactive, and passionate about providing excellent service, we want to hear from you!

 

 

About us

Our Corporate Business Support Service has over 300 staff delivering a wide variety of Business Support services across Buckinghamshire Council. We have been operating since April 2012 and we are looking for Individuals with the ability to demonstrate the Buckinghamshire Council’s values.

We aim to provide front line services with an efficient, value for money business process administration and project support service. We pride ourselves on being resilient and adaptable to change, whilst understanding the processes, policies and values held by the council.

We pride ourselves as highly experienced in working across a range of services provided in the council.  The strength of the team is its knowledge of the key support services required to ensure a smooth running of services being provided by the different Business Units. 

About the role

This post is within our busy Corporate Business Support team, who provide an administrative and transactional support service across the authority, ensuring that customer needs are met.

 

The post holder will:

• provide an effective and efficient administrative support service to operational teams within the Council;
• ensure all functions are carried out to a high level of accuracy;
• play an active part within a dynamic team, working flexibly to ensure continuous cover and support is provided to the operational teams.

About you

 

• Possesses good communication skills and accurate attention to detail.
• Able to work on, with accuracy, financial systems, completing basic finance tasks
• To have strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Educated to GCSE / NVQ3 standard or equivalent, including in English and Maths.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Be highly organised, good prioritisation skills
• The ability able to work under pressure and deal with sensitive and sometimes destressing information

Other information

Please see the attached job summary for additional information.

Interviews will be arranged for shortlisted candidates as soon as possible following the advert closing date.

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• Unspent convictions and/or unspent conditional cautions only

For further information on how long it takes for convictions and conditional cautions to be spent, please refer to Nacro’s guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme to those who are eligible and have passed their probation period. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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