Food Business Registration Business Support Assistant

Connect2Surrey; Guildford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A Local Support Agency seeks a Business Support Assistant in Guildford. You will manage food business registrations and deliver administrative support while ensuring high service standards. Ideal candidates will hold at least 3 GCSEs and demonstrate effective communication skills, IT proficiency, and the ability to work independently in a busy office environment. This role emphasizes customer service and teamwork in supporting senior staff.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with business, financial or HR administration processes.
• Ability to apply health and safety policies.
• Experience in a busy office environment.
• Capable of building relationships with staff and customers.

Responsibilities

• Process new food business registrations.
• Ensure accurate information processing and storage.
• Deliver administrative services to maintain service quality.

Skills

Customer service

IT tool proficiency

Written and oral communication

Prioritization

Education

Minimum 3 GCSEs at Grade C or above

Job description

Work Context:

Food Business Registration Business Support Assistant will be managed by a Supervisor, and carry out detailed process for a specific task.

Follow guidance and instructions from Supervisor and Business Support Assistants.

Process new food business registrations with limited supervision, completing the required objectives.

Representative Accountability's:

• Ensure information and records are processed and stored to agreed procedures.
• Assist in providing and manipulating basic data for statistical and other reports. May run and present standard reports.
• Prepare and dispatch a range of standard correspondence/documents to ensure an efficient response to enquiries and timely conclusion of any process connected with the defined area of activity.

Customer Service & Support

• Deliver a range of administrative and/or customer/consultancy services in support of existing systems or processes to agreed standards, to maximise service quality and continuity.
• Receive and respond to everyday enquiries from customers to provide a timely, courteous and efficient service.

Planning & Organising

• Support a group of senior staff, ensuring confidentiality, and assisting in the effective organisation of internal/external meetings and activities to support a high standard of office organisation.
• Assess the range and volume of work to be undertaken for the days ahead and plan to ensure it is completed to time and to an appropriate standard.

Finance/Resource Management

• Follow established ordering procedures to ensure adequate resources are available to meet work requirements.

Work with others

• Receive visitors and provide/request basic information in a courteous manner to promote a positive image of the work unit.

Duties for all

Values: To uphold the values and behaviours of the organisation.

Equality & Diversity: To work inclusively, with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity.

Health, Safety & Welfare: To maintain high standards of Health, Safety and Welfare at work and take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others.

Experience and Personal Characteristics

Minimum 3 GCSEs at Grade C or above, or equivalent, or able to evidence ability at an equivalent level.

• Familiar with one or more of the specific processes used in business, financial or HR administration.
• Ability to apply relevant health and safety, equality and diversity, and other county/service policies and procedures.
• Competent in a range of IT tools.
• Ability to work with others to provide excellent customer service.
• Good written and oral communication skills with the ability to build sound relationships with staff and customers.
• Able to prioritise and plan own workload in the context of conflicting priorities.
• Experience of working in a busy office environment.

Details of the specific qualifications

Appreciation of SMART objectives.

• Awareness of policies and procedures to ensure resources are efficiently used.
• Awareness of the importance of the consultation process.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet agreed deadlines.
• Understanding of the need for confidentiality.
• Experience of working independently.
• Experience in a busy office environment providing support to staff.

Role Summary

Roles at this level provide a business support service as part of a specific service or service team. They work within established processes and procedures, resolving problems or queries with the more complex issues referred to others. They support more senior staff by executing the detailed processes in specific aspects of business, financial, facilities and/or HR administration and will be fully versed in all procedures of their specialism. They will be subject to supervision but will be expected to organise their own workload and set their own priorities within short, e.g. day‑to‑day timescales. They may support a group of more senior staff with some of the more routine duties and ensure matters are dealt with appropriately when they are out of the office. Some roles at this level may be more restricted in terms of variety or organisation of tasks than others. Where this is the case, customer service may be the predominant feature.

Connect2Surrey is a trading style of Surrey & Kent Commercial Services LLP – a joint venture between Surrey County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Surrey is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.