Business Support Officer X2

2 weeks ago

Porton Down, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 261824**Salary**:

- £24,091 - £28,195- Per annum pro rata**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- Fixed Term Until 31st March 2024**Business area**:

- Science, Research and Evaluation, Admin Business Support**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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- UKHSA, Porton Down SalisburyAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking to appoint **two fixed-term Business Support Officers based in the Medical Intervention Group **Vaccine Area, within Research and Evaluation, based at Porton Down.

One position has responsibility for providing quality documentation and/or data entry checking support to the project team, therefore requiring a high level of accuracy. They will also provide administrative support to the pre-clinical Medical Intervention Group.

The second position will have business support responsibility to the clinical Medical Intervention Group providing office management support.

We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, self-motivated and highly organised team players with excellent written and interpersonal skills. BSOs will be expected to work flexibly and to have a proven track record of responding to sudden and unexpected demands in a fast-paced and changing environment.

The post holders will be strong administrators, proficient with Microsoft Office packages including Microsoft Excel at an intermediate level. They will carry out tasks which will support a range of projects, business-as-usual tasks and incident response activities. They will need to communicate and engage effectively with a range of people, including internal and external staff and stakeholders.

They will be customer focused and should be able to work with a good degree of accuracy and at pace, in order to meet tight deadlines. They may also be required to take meeting minutes from time to time.

**Job description**:
The Medical Interventions Group’s clinical vaccine assessment activities are based at UKHSA Porton in a new world-class research facility dedicated to the development and testing of new COVID-19 vaccines. Research undertaken includes clinical testing to support regulatory licensing of new COVID-19 vaccines and research to inform government decisions on vaccination policies.

The post holders will provide day-to-day administrative and secretariat support to the senior management team in the Medical Interventions Group's, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Vaccine Area. They will maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation. The post holders will work with mínimal supervision and be expected to work flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a wide range of specific administrative duties. The post holders may work with colleagues who are based across the country at different sites and/or who work remotely.

One of the positions will be responsible for providing quality documentation and/or data entry checking support to the project team.

**Person specification**:
**UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.**

Research & Evaluation at UKHSA Porton, is UK’s largest capability for handling dangerous human pathogens and animal modelling of infectious diseases. The capability is used to understand pathogenesis and undertake pre-clinical development and assessment of new vaccines and therapeutics. The capability is also used to undertake studies in microbiological aerobiology, decontamination and detection, and to develop diagnostic assays for clinical use. Studies are focussed on high priority activities including: CoV-2, Ebola, Zika, Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, Q Fever, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Monkeypox, Influenza, Pertussis, Meningococcal disease, Group B Streptococcal disease, Healthcare Acquired Infections, Anti-Microbial Resistance, etc.

The posts are part of the R&E Admin Team who report into the Operational Team supporting R&E in the delivery of the scientific strategy.

Main duties and responsibilities include:

- Provide comprehensive administrative support to the team
- Lead and act as a central coordinating point of contact for a range of business administration activities. This will include delegated lead responsibility for certain corporate function processes. For example, compiling and updating health and safety risk assessments or reporting of sickness absence and preparing and submitting returns on

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