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Business support officer

Reading (Berkshire)
Hays
Business support officer
Posted: 16 April
Offer description

Job title: Professional Business Support (2 roles)

Duration: There is one 4-month and one 6-month contract available

Rate: £17 per hour (Inside IR35, PAYE)

Location: 2 days per week in the Stratford, London office (50% in office across the month from 1st September)


Your recruitment contact is Olivia Greig via .


About the organisation

Our client is an independent regulatory body in the UK responsible for ensuring the financial markets work well for the consumers and the economy, promoting market integrity and effective competition.


About the team

You will join the Wholesale Buy-Side team, supporting managers and teams across both supervision and policy departments, which are responsible for regulating the UK’s Asset Management sector.


About the role

This role is key to the smooth and effective running of work within the teams. Offering excellent learning, training, and personal development opportunities with exposure to interacting with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.


Role Responsibilities:


We are looking for a flexible, professional and highly organised administrator. This is not an exhaustive list but, key duties include:


* Diary management for managers and wider teams in a hybrid environment, including room bookings, rescheduling and prioritisation and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to arrange meetings
* Flexibly working with others to resolve conflicting priorities and deadlines in a busy office environment
* Co-ordinating with the wider administration team, providing cover as required for colleagues
* Assisting with recruitment activities
* Induction of new joiners and helping to keep induction materials up to date
* Prepare documents and provide help and advice to colleagues
* Records management and filing – including SharePoint
* Completing occasional ad-hoc projects


Skills:


Minimum:

* Experience of using Microsoft Outlook and other key MS Office software, particularly One Note, Word, Excel and PowerPoint at an advanced level
* Previous experience of working in an administrative position


Essential:

* A confident verbal communicator with strong written communication skills
* Highly organised, with the ability to co-ordinate, multi-task and ensure attention to detail
* Demonstrable ability to prioritise and manage multiple issues
* A self-starting approach - the ability to work proactively using own initiative with minimal supervision
* The ability to work flexibly with others to complete tasks and meet tight deadlines
* Ability to learn new systems quickly and be a point of contact to assist team members, e.g., SharePoint, Workday


Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.


What are the next steps?

If you are interested in the role, click the apply button and we will get in touch with you to discuss next steps.

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