Business Support Officer

MERITUS are recruiting for a Business Support Officer to join our defence client on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Bristol to work on upcoming projects.

BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER - INSIDE IR35 - £26.35 PER HOUR - UNDERGO SC CLEARANCE - 6 MONTHS - BRISTOL - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Working as a Business Support Officer (BSO) in a friendly and supportive team, you will provide administrative and operational support to a Programmes Team based at our Bristol site.

To provide pro-active, accurate and comprehensive administrative support to the Senior Management team members to include, but not limited to:

Main priority:

• A customer facing task - To be at Bristol site to support on-site customer visits, for at least 2 days per week (visits take place approximately 20 weeks of the year).

Additional Regular Tasks:

• To manage complex diaries, extensive travel arrangements and expenses
• To organise meetings, events, workshops, training days and participate when required and take and manage actions
• Create and maintain MS Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, MS One Note and MS Word documents accurately
• strong level on all Microsoft packages, and have experience of diary management
• Manage an access control process to ensure control of data and compliance
• Understanding and utilising our client systems, tools and policies
• Supporting any wider UKSF activities such as participation and contribution to working groups
• These tasks may be varied and ad-hoc in scope

What we're looking for from you:

• Customer-facing experience.
• An enthusiastic team player who demonstrates integrity, is approachable, friendly and maintains confidentiality.
• Experience in a similar Business /Admin Support role; managing complex diaries, organising meetings, events and travel arrangements
• Someone who can exhibit a high level of resilience, communication, organisation skills and attention to detail, which is key to success in this role
• Someone who is forward thinking, who looks to improve efficiencies in working practices and processes
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, One Note)
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage your own workload effectively
• Willingness to learn and extend the role above and beyond the job description
• To develop to become the knowledge point of contact within the team
• Confident in building effective working relationships at all levels
• Participation in UK Support Function and personal development initiatives