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About the Role

We are seeking to recruit a Business Support Officer to join our exciting and challenging Business Support Service, to help play a key role in achieving positive outcomes for residents of Newham. Business Support provides administration to a wide range of services across the Council including Housing, Environment, Children’s and Adults’ services. As a member of Business Support you will be part of a busy administrative team working within either our ‘Operational hub’ or the ‘Social Care hub’ carrying out a wide range of business processes to support our internal and external service partners.

Responsibilities

Carrying out a wide range of business processes to support internal and external service partners.

Requirements

Highly adaptable to changes in work priorities and meet tight deadlines
Emotionally resilient
Excellent minute taking skills
High level of oral and written communication skills
An ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload
Methodical and logical thinkers
Able to work across a broad range of administrative and clerical tasks.
Excellent IT literacy
A flexible and adaptable approach to work and being a team member.

Skills

Minute taking
Oral communication
Written communication
Workload organization
Logical thinking
Administrative tasks
Clerical tasks
IT literacy

Location

Newham

Work Type

Fixed Term 1 year

Experience Level

Scale 5 SCP (12-15)

Salary/Compensations

£32,535 to £33,987

Benefits

Excellent opportunity to develop new skills
Learn about a range of council services
Be part of a large organisation that makes a real difference to our local community.

About the Company

Newham is a borough with a radical vision to build a better and brighter future.
We are a diverse and aspirational place.
By putting people at the heart of everything we do, we aim to enable all our residents to reach their potential and thrive.
The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London.
It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east.
It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR.
When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London.
The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock.
Newham has the youngest overall population in the country.
It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium.
It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family.
There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock.
It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all.
When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation.
If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.
The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.