Business Support Assistant Bletchley, England
Job description
The Home 1st Reablement Team are based at Bletchley Community Hospital and support adults who are discharged from hospital or need some short term support to regain their independence. The team work closely with social workers and health partners in a fast paced environment where no two days are the same. We are looking for a Business Support Assistant to join the team and contribute to the smooth and efficient running of the service.
Role Responsibilities- To respond to enquiries from the public, internal colleagues and partners.
- Undertaking administrative tasks, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard and within the agreed timescales.
- Data inputting and extracting data for reports from Excel and Word documents.
- To complete financial transactions in line with systems and processes.
- Will have a minimum of 1 years’ business support experience in a fast paced and complex environment or a level 3 Business Administration qualification.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Will have good IT skills with experience of using Excel, Word and Powerpoint, as well as the ability to learn new systems.
- Will be passionate about wanting to support others and work as part of a team.
Milton Keynes is a diverse, welcoming, and expanding place, built on smart ideas with even bigger plans for the future. We have world class attractions, beautiful open spaces, and a great standard of living.
Milton Keynes Council is one of the largest employers in the region, making a difference every day for local people. We’re responsible for all local government services in MK including education, housing, highways, and social services - around 240 services in all.
Our values are to be dedicated, respectful, and collaborative. If this sounds like you, join us for a stimulating and fulfilling career measured on results, and a rewarding work-life balance.
Package DescriptionWe are really proud of the benefits we are able to offer our staff here at Milton Keynes Council, including:-
- Local Government Pension Scheme, considered to be one of the best employer contribution rates of 18.8%
- 27 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory and public holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Our Professional Development Centre provides access to courses such as in-house management development programmes endorsed by the Institute of Leadership, Apprenticeship Programmes (junior and senior), coaching and mentoring and access to our Smarter Learning portal
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Health Cashplan
- MK Advantage benefits package – a range of savings on a wide range of retail, leisure and entertainment products and services such as Pizza Express, M&S, B&Q, John Lewis and Arriva Travel.
- SmartGo – Aimed at encouraging low-carbon transport and healthy lifestyle with discounted travel e.g. Halfords, Arriva, Europcar, National Railcards and Stagecoach.
- Homebuy Scheme (for eligible roles)
- Smarter working which provides the opportunity to work from various locations including from home for a proportion of your role (subject to business needs)
- A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity entitlements
- Childcare Subsidy
