Support Officer Business and Projects

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

- 286586**Salary**:

- £23,100 - £27,000**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- OFQUAL - Chief Regulator's Office**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Project Delivery
- Other**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 3BHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Ofqual is the independent qualifications regulator for England. We currently regulate 200+ awarding organisations, and approx. 11,600 certified qualifications. These include GCSEs, AS and A levels, and a broad range of vocational and technical qualifications. Regulating on behalf of students of all ages and apprentices is central to how we fulfil our statutory objectives.-
- Ofqual is a rewarding, dynamic place to work. We offer employees the opportunity to develop within their role and progress through the organisation via a number of Learning and Development opportunities and activities.**Job description**:
**About the team**

We are seeking a Support Officer to join our Business and Projects team on a permanent basis. You will be working across Ofqual’s Strategy & Markets and Standards, Research & Analysis directorates.

The business and projects are a very busy team who work to support the varied projects across a number of teams including: Risk; Strategy; Research and; Data & Analytics. In addition, we also carry out general business administration.

**_ What will the post holder be doing?_**
- Organising and co-ordinating meetings, events and communications to ensure these run smoothly and achieve their purpose;
- taking meeting notes/minutes to ensure that discussions, decisions and actions are accurately recorded;
- booking venues and making travel arrangements for external contractors and Ofqual staff;
- working with external suppliers, issuing work specifications and contracts;
- raising purchase requisitions using Oracle software.

If you are a person who enjoys supporting others to facilitate a busy team then we would love to hear from you.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Using, maintaining, and developing Ofqual systems and processes to support the delivery of activities within directorates.
- Producing high quality documents, reports, briefing papers and presentations which are fit for purpose and meet business requirements.
- Collating, analysing, and presenting information in a variety of formats as required.
- Carrying out background research as and when required to support the delivery of the directorate’s objectives.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:

- BTEC Level 3 Business Administration or equivalent experience gained whilst working in a similar role.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:
As a Civil Servant, you will benefit from a leading, modern employment offer which includes flexible working arrangements that support people at different stages in their lives, and pensions among the best available in the UK, as well as generous annual leave entitlements.

Other benefits you can enjoy include:

- Performance Related Pay scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Regular professional development
- Health and wellbeing initiatives such as mini-medicals, flu vaccinations
- Employee assistance programme and occupational health
- Free eye tests and contribution towards lenses/spectacles for VDU users, if appropriate
- Family friendly policies
- Interest free season ticket loan
- Access to exclusive discounts
- A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.You will then be asked to provide a personal statement evidencing how you meet the essential criteria shown on the job description.

Ofqual has adopted anonymised recruitment. This means that your name, date of birth and other personal details will not be seen by the sift panel. You’ll be asked to remove all personal details from your CV when you apply.

Ofqual works flexibly, with a hybrid office/home based working model. Employees will spend at least two to three days a week working from our office in Coventry. As Coventry will be your base location expenses for travel to the office will not be paid.

Final panel interviews will be held face to face. Further details will be provided at invite to interview stage.

One of our resourcing colleagues will be on hand to answer any queries you may have throughout the process.

Reasonable adjustment

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