Business Support Officer – Business Development & Information Management

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Kirklees
Environment & Climate Change
Environmental Strategy & Climate Change
37
1
Flint Street, Huddersfield HD1 6LG
Temporary
Up to January 2022
Grade 6

£24,294- £25,979

This job is temporary up to January 2022 to cover maternity leave.

This position will support the Business Development and Information Management team at Flint Street. You will process confidential & sensitive personal information, Freedom Of Information requests, Environmental Information Regulation responses, and Subject Access Requests and deal with enquiries making sure acknowledgements are sent to Councillors and MP’s.

Duties include:

  • Data processing (input and retrieval) including service based IT systems;
  • Support events and hospitality;
  • Using other specialist systems such as Kompass & Anite where full training will be provided;
  • Specialist and technical administrative support;
  • Responding to complex enquiries;
  • Complex and specialist word processing;
  • Information and record management as directed;
  • Provide project support, research and collate information as directed;

It is essential that you have a flexible and ‘can do’ attitude, possess excellent customer care skills and good IT skills, and that you are familiar with a variety of computer packages in particular Microsoft Office and that you are able to demonstrate business and administrative skills to NVQ level 3.

Jenny Burns is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

13 December 2020, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.