Business Support Officer

We are looking for a Business Support Officer to join our Communities Team. You will share our values, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities. You will join us on a full time, fixed term or secondment opportunity for 12 months.  You will earn a competitive salary of £25,545 - £28,770 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Your Business Support Officer role:

Reporting to the Community Grants and Development Manager you will deliver a highly effective, customer-centric, and innovative business support function. You will support the Communities service to deliver a planned work programme within resource, budget, and time constraints.

You will support the activities, resources, information and equipment required for Communities based and other council projects.

Responsibilities as our Business Support Officer:

• supporting budget managers in the monitoring and administration of the corporate finance systems
• assisting in maintaining the directorate communities’ information management systems to enable intelligence led approach to business planning
• organising and managing the support for projects and events including meeting face to face with external partners including VCFSE organisations, the development of timelines, milestones resource allocation and budgets, taking minutes and providing technical and administrative support to Managers and lead project officers.

If the prospect of doing something different every day is appealing, this role might be right for you.

What we're looking for in our Business Support Officer:

• possess an NVQ Level 3 in administration and/or gained an equivalent level of knowledge through experience
• demonstrate excellent verbal communication skills for customer interaction as well as written communication skills
• have strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks efficiently as well as multi-task.

Benefits you'll receive as our Business Support Officer:

• great opportunities for learning and development
• generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays)
• competitive local government pension scheme
• wellbeing support program
• employee assist program
• health care options.

About us

Working together across our councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk. 

We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

Our ways of working:

Work is what we do, not where we go! We are committed to working in a more Hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote based working (Business needs permitting).  This has worked well for us and is something we will be continuing with. 

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils provide opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible service for our residents.

Closing date: 11pm, 27 April 2024.  

Interview date: 7/8 May 2024.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Business Support Officer role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.