London, United Kingdom

Business Support Assistant

 Job Description:

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Southwark to assist with the appointment of a Business Support Assistant, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £14.15 - £18.10 per hour

Responsibilities:

  • Communicate effectively and respond to professionally to incoming phone calls, emails and correspondence.
  • Preparing documentation and drafting correspondence to internal and external officers in a professional manner.
  • Update and maintain IT systems, such as the shared drive folders, to ensure that records are up to date.
  • To maintain strict confidentiality of all records produced and received and be aware of requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018.
  • Providing support in facilitating and arranging interviews, meetings and also minute taking of meetings where appropriate.
  • To ensure all tasks are completed to agreed timescales, standards of accuracy and presentation.

Qualifications:

  • 5 GCSEs grade A-C including English and math, or equivalent
  • Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including
    Word, Outlook and Excel

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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  Required Skills:

Discretion Pay Arranging BASIC Protection Confidentiality LTD Records Documentation Microsoft Office Business English