Business Support Officer

As a key member of the local team, you will play an essential role in providing high‑quality administrative and financial support to colleagues in your area. You will be responsible for accurately processing financial transactions within agreed timescales, ensuring full compliance with established policies and procedures. In addition, you will work closely with members of the public, colleagues, and contractors, gathering and collating information to support local operational needs and contribute to the effective delivery of services

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Provide finance support to the business function across the local team, including raising of purchase orders in line with policy and guidance.
• Responsible for ordering and stock control of equipment, consumables and services required by the local teams, ensuring timely procurement and adherence to organisational processes.
• Support the Local Team, with building management and site maintenance, including communicating with contractors and providing access to the site when required
• Support the Local team with compound checks and waste processes, including coordinating skip ordering as required
• Support general facilities tasks, including sorting mail and parcels, checking visitor passes, Matrix and Paxton system support, answering the door, and keeping kitchen and break areas tidy and well stocked
• Monitoring the various business mailboxes ensuring correspondence is dealt with in a professional and timely manner.
• Arrange and coordinate local meetings and assist in district meetings held at site.
• Champion for internal information & imternal newsletters
• Ad hoc projects, tasks and general duties as reasonably requested by your line manager.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

How to apply…

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Changing and improving
• Communicating and influencing
• Managing a quality service
• Delivering at pace

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

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Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

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