Pa/business Support

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

- 268360**Salary**:

- £25,310 - £31,825- National: £25,310 - £27,515 London: £28,510 - £31,825**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- BEIS - Net Zero Buildings and Industry - Smart Metering Implementation Programme**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Our Mission**

At BEIS, we are leading the UK’s recovery from coronavirus and are building a stronger, greener country. Our varied work makes a real difference to people across the UK and internationally. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of the BEIS team and our exciting mission

We lead on the UK’s commitments to tackle climate change and drive green economic growth. We support businesses to create jobs and increase opportunity in regions across the UK. We also encourage investment and innovation to make the UK a science superpower producing research that will improve lives.

**Our Inclusive Environment**

We are building an inclusive culture to make BEIS a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

**Job description**:
**The role and our team**

The Smart Metering Implementation Programme (SMIP) is a major delivery programme spanning Government and industry, replacing traditional gas and electricity meters with smart meters in homes and small businesses across Great Britain. Smart meters underpin the cost-effective delivery of net zero emissions, enabling us to use more renewable energy and reduce our reliance on imported fossil fuels. They are also modernising the energy system for millions of consumers by providing information that households can use to manage their consumption, ending manual meter reads, reducing billing complaints and transforming the pre-payment experience.

SMIP Private Office is friendly and capable team that sits at the heart of the Programme’s senior leadership, making this a great opportunity to gain experience of working with important stakeholders in a varied and high-profile role. Private Office provides business management; strategic support; oversight of the programme’s budgets, headcounts and resourcing function; finance and accounting services. This role will provide first line administrative support and diary management to two of our four Deputy Directors.

**Person specification**:
**Key responsibilities**
- Job Description
- Provide a proactive and comprehensive support service to senior managers (Deputy Director) and their Deputies by taking the lead on diary and time management.
- Provide logistic support for meetings for example issuing appointments, checking availability of attendees, and ensuring that meeting papers and material is complete.
- Provide administrative help on the processes that support the whole programme, for example the processes that manage our budgets and spending.
- Assist cross programme projects and activities by carrying out bespoke items of work that might include research, preparation of presentations, collating and helping organise responses to communications, information requests and helping colleagues deliver policy and other work.
- Build strong communication networks across the Programme, Group and Department and work collaboratively to deliver objectives.

**Responsibilities**:

- This is an entry-level role; previous experience is not as important as energy, enthusiasm, and passion for making BEIS a more effective organisation, as well as dedication to the role.
- Whether you are at the start of your career journey or are looking to give your career a new impetus, we want to hear from you if you have the qualities described. An interest in the energy sector / smart metering programme will be helpful
- The role requires excellent organisational abilities, good judgment, a focus on problem-solving and an ability to anticipate the impact of issues on SMIP Leadership, the PO team and Programme generally.

**Skills and experience**

We would love to hear from you if you have:
Excellent demonstrable skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

Proficient organisational and time management skills, ability to manage conflicting priorities and meet