Business Support Officer

Forestry Commission; Pickering; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

The Forestry Commission is seeking two Business Support Officers to provide essential support to its Estates and Recreation teams. Responsibilities include administrative duties, data management, and stakeholder engagement. The roles require strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proficiency in MS Office. This is a full-time position based in Pickering, Yorkshire.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working options

Culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

Qualifications

• Experience working in an administrative role.
• Proven ability to work with high accuracy.
• Experience in supporting colleagues in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administrative support and maintain accurate records.
• Assist in preparing reports, presentations, and correspondence.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

IT skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Pickering, Yorkshire and the Humber, YO18 7EL

Job Summary

What you’ll do…

We are seeking to recruit two Business Support Officers. One will primarily support our Estates team, which will include: Tenancies and lease management, Building regulations and legal compliance, Business sustainability and the other will support Recreation, Land Management and Timber Harvesting.

These roles will include: Granting permissions and use of the associated systems Management of hauliers, Record keeping for all associated tickets, contracts and invoices.

Please see the job description below for more information and details about what we need from you.

Where you’ll work…

Both roles are based in our District Office in Pickering and will support work across the entire Yorkshire Forest District Estate, including Dalby Forest.

Job Description

• Provide day-to-day administrative support on tasks such as conducting research, arranging meetings, maintaining accurate records, data input.
• Assist in preparation reports, presentations, and correspondence.
• Give support and guidance to colleagues on our systems, policies and processes.
• Be a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, handling inquiries and requests promptly and professionally.
• Assist in organising events, conferences, and other networking activities.
• Support in preparing and distributing project documents and reports.
• You may occasionally travel within the district, potentially with overnight stays to attend meetings.
• Any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
• Provide day-to-day administrative support on tasks such as conducting research, arranging meetings, maintaining accurate records, data input.
• Assist in preparation reports, presentations, and correspondence.
• Give support and guidance to colleagues on our systems, policies and processes.
• Be a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, handling inquiries and requests promptly and professionally.
• Assist in organising events, conferences, and other networking activities.
• Support in preparing and distributing project documents and reports.
• You may occasionally travel within the district, potentially with overnight stays to attend meetings.
• Any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.
  
  

Person specification

Essential Professional And Technical Experience

• Relevant experience working in an administrative role.
• Proven ability to work with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken.
• Competent IT user with experience in MS Office suite of applications.
• Experience in supporting colleagues in a team environment.
  
  

Desirable Professional And Technical Experience

• Ability to analyse data.
• Experience supporting creating reports and presentations.
  
  

Alongside your salary of £26,123, Forestry Commission contributes £7,567 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
  
  

Selection process details

How To Apply…

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
  
  

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email [e-mail].

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

• Name : FC Recruitment Team
• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [e-mail]
  
  

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: [e-mail]. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

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