Business Support Officer

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

- 269570**Salary**:

- £24,091 - £32,203**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed Term**Length of employment**:

- 12 month with possibility of extension dependent on business needs**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Remote working (anywhere in the UK)About the job

**Job summary**:
The SHP is looking to recruit a Business Support Officer to work within the Programme Operations team of the Harlow Programme.

This post will provide day-to-day administrative and/or dedicated Secretariat support to the Programme or senior management team. They will maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to the organisation. The post holder 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 holder may work with colleagues who are based across the country at different sites and/or who work remotely.

**Job description**:
**Secretariat Support**
- Supporting the scheduling & organisation of key meetings

**Administrative Support**
- Acting as a central point of contact to provide comprehensive administrative support to teams across the Directorate
- Communicate and engage effectively with a range of internal and external staff and stakeholders.
- Responsible for the organisation of meetings and events, production of reports, papers, minutes and updating action logs as required.
- Support the development of systems and procedures to ensure efficiency, quality and cost effectiveness across the business support function.

Full details of the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached Job Description.

**Person specification**:

- You will be joining the Science Hub Programme, which has responsibility for the strategic development, co-ordination, and delivery of the new site. Although this is not just about re-provisioning facilities, it is an organisational change programme. The scope is therefore broad and not only includes “bricks and mortar” but also business change management, physical transition, staff/public engagement, communications and HR elements such as relocation.
- The programme has a small civil service core team that manages and controls the day-to-day work. Overall, this is headed by the Programme Director, supported by a Programme Manager and a management team. There is also a client-side Project Support Office provided by an external supplier as a service, together with a framework of specialist suppliers for design, technical project management, cost management and other disciplines.**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:
**This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours, Experience, Strengths and Technical skills.**

**STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT**:
Please submit a CV and a statement of suitability (maximum 500 words) to provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential/desirable skills set out above.

**Please note: The system will not restrict your wordcount, however only the first 500 words will be considered**

Applications will be sifted based on the essential/desirable skills. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview

**STAGE 2 - INTERVIEW**

Interviews will include a number of behaviour-based questions, focused on the behaviours set out above.

**Civil Service Behaviours**
- ** Making effective decisions**:

- ** Working together**:

- ** Changing and improving**:

- ** Delivery at pace**

Option 3 - External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

**The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity**. The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU,