Business Support Administrator (FOI)

Belmont Recruitment; Greater Lincolnshire; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Recruitment is seeking a Freedom of Information Administrator to support a busy FOI/SAR team on a temporary, full-time basis. The role offers hybrid working with two days per week onsite in Lincoln and a 37-hour week.

You will assist with entering and maintaining information, meeting deadlines, and communicating professionally with stakeholders. Experience in administration, data entry and data protection is essential.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an administrative or business support role.
• Experience in data entry and maintaining accurate records.
• Understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements.
• Ability to organise workloads, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support across the team's day-to-day functions
• Entering, updating and maintaining information accurately on relevant computer systems
• Preparing and organising documentation and maintaining accurate records
• Monitoring allocated tasks and ensuring work is completed within agreed deadlines
• Handling confidential and sensitive information in line with data protection and information governance requirements
• Responding to enquiries and communicating professionally with internal and external customers
• Providing general clerical support, including typing, filing and document preparation

Skills

Administrative experience

Data entry

Confidentiality

Organisation skills

Job description

Belmont Recruitment are currently seeking a Freedom of Information Administrator to work with our client on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. The role is offering hybrid working, with two days per week based onsite in Lincoln.

Overview:

The role involves providing administrative support to a busy team managing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and Subject Access Requests (SARs), following an increase in request volumes. The successful candidate will help ensure information is recorded accurately, administrative processes run efficiently and work is completed within agreed timescales.

Main Duties:

• Providing administrative support across the team's day-to-day functions
• Entering, updating and maintaining information accurately on relevant computer systems
• Preparing and organising documentation and maintaining accurate records
• Monitoring allocated tasks and ensuring work is completed within agreed deadlines
• Handling confidential and sensitive information in line with data protection and information governance requirements
• Responding to enquiries and communicating professionally with internal and external customers
• Providing general clerical support, including typing, filing and document preparation

Essential Criteria:

• Previous experience in an administrative or business support role
• Previous experience in data entry and maintaining accurate records
• An understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements
• Ability to organise workloads, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines