Location: Aylesbury
Overview
Are you ready to embrace an exhilarating new challenge and make a significant impact? Join us at Buckinghamshire Council and become an integral part of a team that makes a real difference!
We are recruiting dedicated and driven individualsto join our Corporate Business Support team. These roles sit within a busy service that delivers administrative and transactional support across the authority. You will help ensure that customer needs are met by providing an efficient, high‑quality and customer‑focused service to a diverse range of residents, clients and internal teams.
As Business Support Specialists, you play a crucial role in the council's success, providing exceptional support to our services. Don't miss this opportunity to take your career to the next level and make a real impact!
The role is to provide a range of administrative support duties to the Partnerships & Communities team, working alongside and in partnerships with the Community Board and Opportunity Bucks officers.
The role is for a 12 month fixed-term/ secondment part-time officer, working 22.5 hours a week (4.5 hours a day, Monday-Friday) and the salary advertised will be pro-rata.
About us
At Buckinghamshire Council, we are committed to providing top-notch front-line services through efficient and cost-effective business process administration and project support. Our team is resilient, adaptable, and always ready to embrace change. We have a deep understanding of the council's processes, policies, and values, and we take pride in our ability to deliver exceptional service. We are highly experienced, knowledgeable, and have a proven track record of success.
We value hard work and success, and we're proud to offer our employees a range of benefits. We promote a healthy work-life balance and flexible working arrangements. Our employees enjoy discounts at various cafes, restaurants, and shops, as well as auto-enrolment in our generous pension scheme. We also offer membership to Costco, discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva, and much more.
About the role
Business Support Specialists provide high‑quality administrative and business support, offering clear and accurate information to internal and external customers to help deliver the most appropriate solutions. These roles require a proactive approach, strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload.
Key responsibilities
1. Plan, organise and deliver your workload to ensure information and business support is completed on time and to required standards.
2. Provide specialist administrative advice and support to customers, ensuring needs are understood and responded to appropriately.
3. Collate, organise and process information and documentation to support service delivery.
4. Produce documents, reports and correspondence accurately and to required timescales.
5. Arrange and coordinate meetings, manage diaries, support events and take minutes where needed.
6. Support financial processes, including raising and processing purchase orders, invoices and other transactions.
7. Liaise with colleagues, managers and external contacts to resolve queries and maintain smooth workflow.
8. Identify opportunities to improve processes and contribute to efficient, high‑quality service delivery.
About you
We are seeking a self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic candidate who has strong interpersonal skills to support the building and maintaining of relationships both internally and externally.
Ideal candidates will possess the following skills and attributes:
9. Efficient and highly organised.
10. Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills.
11. Excellent IT skills.
12. To establish good working relationships.
13. To interact with internal colleagues including senior management and external partners to build effective relationships.
14. To deal with people at all levels confidently, sensitively and diplomatically.
15. To be discrete and handle confidential information appropriately.
16. To research and assemble information and prepare draft briefing papers / correspondence.
17. To collate and organise data / information efficiently.