Nottingham, United Kingdom

Business Support Assistant

 Job Description:

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

Rate of Pay: £12.18 - £15.29 per hour

Responsibilities:

  • To work to defined business standards and processes; performing a wide range of business support tasks with due regard to confidentiality and safeguarding
  • To provide advice and guidance to customers, business partners and others on business processes and operational service issues
  • To create, manage and manipulate information whether relating to finance, staffing information, customers or any other service requirement or eligibility criteria, this will include producing bespoke and complex reports
  • To develop basic systems and processes to meet operational needs and to ensure the high quality of information held
  • To undertake a range of financial support processes, including processing orders, resolving issues, reporting, reconciling accounts and handling cash
  • Responsible for the organisation of meetings and events including booking venues, issuing invitations and papers and taking minutes / actions arising

Qualification:

  • Good literacy and numeracy skills to NVQ 2 level or equivalent.
Experience:
  • Experience of providing business support in a busy environment
  • Experience of data input and data management ensuring
    accuracy and where appropriate confidentiality
  • Significant experience and competence using IT and common
    business support packages including word processing and
    spreadsheets
  • Experience of note and minute taking
  • Experience of providing information to the public or customers
    using good communication skills
  • Experience of using defined business processes and giving guidance on them to colleagues

Please note:

  • You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
  • You should have right to work in U.K
  • This role requires an Basic DBS

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 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. 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 Eligibility BASIC Communication Skills Data Management Spreadsheets Confidentiality LTD Cash Finance Business Communication Management