Business Support Manager – Operations recruitment
The successful candidate will have responsibility for the following deliverables and activities:
• To identify emerging issues and summarise them to the attention of the Director and their management team.
• To lead specific projects within the directorate and with our key suppliers.
• Overseeing the production, authorisation and utilisation of the Operations budget, including staffing, contractor procurement and interim procurement. Analysis of monthly accounts, maintenance of Finance Forecast.
• To work with the Programme Management Office to ensure that the Directorate’s key risks are reflected within the risk log, and are actively managed
Candidate requirements Experience required:
• A high level of enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved, at the coal face.
• Management support to an organisation and effective team work.
• Working in a structured, business project management environment.
• Working at senior management level.
• Working successfully with a wide range of stakeholders, some of whom might be challenging.
• Operations and or Pensions sector experience (not required but highly desirable).
Personal attributes required
• At least first degree educated, ideally in a numerate subject.
• Excellent organisational skills with attention to detail in planning and reporting
• First class interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to absorb and analyse documents and information and communicate findings in a clear manner
• Ability to build successful working relationships across a diverse working culture
• Commitment and motivation to finish tasks
• Strong commercial acumen
• Team player, confident and willing to challenge, able to manage conflict
• Solution-orientated, with a focus on getting the job done
• Comfortable working in a demanding and ever changing environment
• Able to deal with ambiguity and to make quality decisions even when under pressure
• Eager and quick to learn
• The ability to maintain confidentiality
• Word, Excel and PowerPoint (Intermediate to Advanced)