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Job Objectives And Responsibilities
The role supports the Retail Sector Leadership Team in delivering on key strategic and operational activities, enabling consistent performance across the Customers estate. You will work across multiple functions to ensure efficient communication, manage internal processes, and ensure deliverables are met on time.
Main duties
Business Coordination & Operations
* Support the overall operational rhythm of the contract by coordinating leadership meetings, forums, action plans, and performance reviews.
* Ensure sector-wide processes (reporting, communications, governance) are delivered accurately and on time.
* Track progress against strategic priorities, working with stakeholders to ensure updates and outcomes are documented and followed up.
* Liaise across internal support functions (QHSE, Resourcing, People, Finance) to align account-wide operational activity.
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Job Objectives And Responsibilities
The role supports the Retail Sector Leadership Team in delivering on key strategic and operational activities, enabling consistent performance across the Customers estate. You will work across multiple functions to ensure efficient communication, manage internal processes, and ensure deliverables are met on time.
Main duties
Business Coordination & Operations
* Support the overall operational rhythm of the contract by coordinating leadership meetings, forums, action plans, and performance reviews.
* Ensure sector-wide processes (reporting, communications, governance) are delivered accurately and on time.
* Track progress against strategic priorities, working with stakeholders to ensure updates and outcomes are documented and followed up.
* Liaise across internal support functions (QHSE, Resourcing, People, Finance) to align account-wide operational activity.
Governance, Reporting & Planning
* Collate and prepare inputs for executive reporting, including updates for Strategy Papers, Contract AOP and client reviews.
* Own and manage reporting cycles and submission deadlines—chasing, compiling and formatting input from stakeholders.
* Support audit and compliance requirements through the coordination of data, document control and timely submission of required reports.
* Coordinate preparation for contract reviews and client governance packs, ensuring contributors are briefed and documentation is quality-checked.
Internal Communication & Engagement
* Act as a link between the central comms team and sector leads to coordinate internal updates, engagement activities and key messages.
* Assist with delivery of people-focused initiatives across the client contract—such as MyVoice action plans, Team Talk Local and other engagement programmes.
* Support sector-wide campaigns and activities by managing timelines, logistics and content alignment across business areas.
Continuous Improvement & Collaboration
* Identify opportunities to streamline business support processes and improve ways of working across the sector.
* Maintain a shared document library, action trackers, templates and process guides to ensure consistency.
* Coordinate with Business Managers, Project Support Officers and Executive Assistants across Mitie to share best practices and align operational approaches.
Project Management Support
* Establish and manage a robust project governance framework to ensure consistency, accountability, and performance tracking.
* Ensure projects are supported and aligned with Mitie's short- and long-term business goals.
* Support and report on project risks, developing mitigation strategies and ensuring compliance with client and legal requirements.
* Support with accurate documentation and progress tracking across all assigned projects.
* Present clear, concise updates and reports to senior leadership, clients, and stakeholders.
Person Specification
* Proven experience in a business coordination, administration, or central operations role within a large, fast-paced organisation—ideally across multiple sites or regions.
* Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.
* Excellent attention to detail with confidence preparing reports, tracking actions, and managing governance processes.
* A collaborative and approachable style with strong interpersonal skills, capable of working across a wide stakeholder group.
* Strong IT literacy including Microsoft 365 (particularly Outlook, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint).
* Familiarity with internal business systems and reporting tools (e.g. SharePoint, Power BI) is desirable.
* Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
Experience in Power BI administration.
* Good communication skills, verbal and written
* Experience of team working
* Reliable, flexible and discreet
* Experience of working in a controlled environment
* Solid organisational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities and achieve tight deadlines
* Ability to accurately follow detailed processes
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with a strong teamwork ethic
* A positive attitude and ability to deal with pressure professionally
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .
Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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