Business Support Officer, Full time, £15.35 per hour, Ballymena or Carrickfergus

Your new company
You will be joining a busy Major Projects team within a respected public sector organisation responsible for delivering high profile regeneration and development initiatives, including the City Deal Programme and the regeneration of St Patrick's Barracks. The team operates across multiple sites and works collaboratively with internal departments, external stakeholders, government bodies and community groups to deliver effective, high quality services.
Your new role
As Business Support Officer, you will provide professional, wide ranging administrative support to the Major Projects team. Working in a fast paced environment, you will ensure day to day administrative tasks are completed efficiently, accurately and to a high standard. Key duties include:

Handling incoming emails, calls and enquiries, taking appropriate follow up action

Providing frontline support to the public, community groups and external organisations

Preparing agendas, presentations, reports and other project materials

Attending meetings to record and issue minutes

Organising training sessions, events and meetings, ensuring all logistics and equipment are in place

Managing administrative processes for invoices, purchase orders and payments

Assisting with production of marketing and promotional materials

Updating project information on the relevant Council webpages

Supporting the delivery of Social Value plans across projects

Liaising with internal departments, government bodies and other stakeholders to facilitate project delivery

This is a temporary post for 3 months, based in either Carrickfergus or Ballymena (location agreed with the successful candidate). Hours of work are 37 per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional flexibility required to meet service needs.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will need:

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (Grade C or above) or equivalent

At least one year's relevant Business Support experience in a busy office environment, including:

Using computerised information management systems

Providing frontline customer service

Managing high volumes of work and prioritising effectively

A qualification demonstrating competent word processing/database skills or one year's experience using Microsoft Office (Word & Excel in particular)

Strong skills across MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Excellent organisation, communication and customer service skills

The ability to work proactively, meet deadlines and support multiple projects simultaneously

Candidates without the listed GCSEs may also be considered if they can demonstrate three years' relevant experience meeting the above criteria.What you'll get in return

Hourly rate- £15.35

37 hours per week in a supportive and collaborative environment

Location either Carrickfergus or Ballymena

Opportunity to gain experience within a major public sector projects team

What you need to do now
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