Senior Business Support Officers

Senior Business Support Officers

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RES302

Full time

£23,023 - £24,920 per annum

Senior Business Support Officer Opportunities within Newcastle City Council

Newcastle is a great City, one that never stands still, that faces forward and embraces change. A City that makes history and shapes the future with a bold vision to achieve its ambitions supporting a post-pandemic vibrant City for both its residents and visitors.

Come and join our Business Support Service, we currently have opportunities at Senior Business Support Officer level. You will have the opportunity to work flexibly across the working day to suit your work life balance and to meet the needs of the business, we offer 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 28 days after 5 years. You also have the option to buy additional annual leave. An excellent pension scheme and a range of benefits including discounts at various retail outlets is on offer, as well as the option to lease cars and buy electronic products through a salary sacrifice scheme.

We provide an enabling service to all vital services of Newcastle City Council. The Business Support teams are flexible and responsive and there will be opportunities to move between teams to gain experience of the services across the council.

If you are a team player who is enthusiastic and committed to providing an excellent customer focussed service, we would welcome your application.

Civic Centre - This role will provide support to senior officers within the Council. You will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of business support services and providing high level personal support to the senior officers. You must be prepared to work in a busy office environment with senior officers, be familiar with Microsoft Office and possess excellent organisational and communication skills. You should also have experience of dealing with senior officers and partner organisations. We are looking for a flexible team player who want to join us in developing excellent service provision. You will be expected to be flexible regarding times of work.

For an informal discussion, please contact Paula Logan by email: paula.j.logan@newcastle.gov.uk or by mobile: 07827 954177.

Coroners Court (Civic Centre) - You will be working in a reactive team providing confidential support to the Coroners Court. You will have excellent communications skills, the ability to deal with sensitive situations, provide excellent customer service and work to deadlines. You should have the ability to multitask and deal with changing priorities. It would be an advantage if you have previous experience of working with a case management system. You should be fully familiar with Office 365.

For an informal discussion please contact Lesley Whiting by email: lesley.whiting@newcastle.gov.uk or by mobile: 07795 315921.

Please include a contact number and/or email address with your application as we will try our best to call you for an informal chat within 2 working days of it being submitted.

Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and submit your CV.

Permanent

Closing date:

10 June 2022