Business Support Officer

MBDA; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime pay

Flexi Leave up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking a Business Support Officer to provide proactive administrative support to the UK Programmes team at Stevenage on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves managing complex diaries, travel, and meetings, and requires proactive, accurate support to Senior Management.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate resilience, organization, and confidentiality, with strong MS Office skills and a willingness to develop within the team. Hybrid working is offered with 2-3 days onsite.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Business / Admin Support role; managing complex diaries, organising meetings, events and travel arrangements.
• High level of resilience, communication, organisation skills and attention to detail.
• Forward thinking with continuous improvement of working practices and processes.
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote).
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage workload effectively.
• Enthusiastic team player with integrity and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex diaries and extensive travel arrangements.
• Organise meetings, events, and training days and manage actions.
• Create and maintain MS Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents.
• Manage access control to ensure data protection and compliance.
• Understand and use MBDA systems, tools and policies.
• Support UKSF activities and participate in working groups.
• Tasks may be varied and ad-hoc.

Skills

Diary management

Organisational skills

MS Office

Communication

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The UK Support Function prides itself on high levels of team spirit and strives towards creating an inclusive environment, where our teams can develop and grow within a supportive working culture.

Salary: Circa £28,000 depending on experience

Location: Stevenage (with flexibility to travel to other UK sites occasionally)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: Working 2-3 days a week onsite with a flexible/blended approach to office and remote working.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

Working as a Business Support Officer (BSO) in a friendly and supportive team on a 12 month fixed term contract, you will provide administrative and operational support to the one of our Programmes team based at our Stevenage site.

To provide pro-active, accurate and comprehensive administrative support to the Senior Management team members to include, but not limited to:

• To manage complex diaries, extensive travel arrangements and expenses
• To organise meetings, events, workshops, training days and participate when required and take and manage actions
• Create and maintain MS Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, MS One Note and MS Word documents accurately
• Manage an access control process to ensure control of data and compliance
• Understanding and utilising MBDA systems, tools and policies
• Supporting any wider UKSF activities such as participation and contribution to working groups
• These tasks may be varied and ad-hoc in scope

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience in a similar Business /Admin Support role; managing complex diaries, organising meetings, events and travel arrangements
• Someone who can exhibit a high level of resilience, communication, organisation skills and attention to detail, which is key to success in this role
• Someone who is forward thinking, who looks to improve efficiencies in working practices and processes
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote)
• Ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage your own workload effectively
• Someone who is an enthusiastic team player, that demonstrates integrity and maintains confidentiality
• Willingness to learn and extend the role above and beyond the job description
• To develop to become the knowledge point of contact within the team
• Confident in building effective working relationships at all levels
• Participation in UK Support Function and personal development initiatives

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