Business Support Officer


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Details

Reference number

314110

Salary

£23,098
A
Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Administrative Officer
Pay Band 6B

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

FC – Forestry England

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support
Environment and Sustainability
Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

Edwinstowe, East Midlands (region), NG21 9JL or Birches Valley, Rugeley WS15 2UQ

Job summary

Forestry England is an agency of Forestry Commission and manages the Public Forest Estate, which is the largest single resource of woodlands and forests in England.

The Central District manages 30,000ha of the Public Forest Estate within a triangle formed by Liverpool, Hull and Milton Keynes. We comprise of 150 members of staff covering a broad range of roles delivering diverse business functions, including sustainable forest management, timber harvesting, recreation, events management, and management of our visitor centres.

The role is part of the Business Support team. As a function we provide administrative and financial support across the district.

Job description

As part of the Business Support team, you will provide specialist administrative services to managers and function leads to help effectively achieve the business objectives.

Responsibilities

Duties to include but not limited to:

  • Finance administration, including entry to the sales and purchase ledgers, processing cash account, audit checks of company credit cards and raising journals, in line with policy and guidance.
  • Provide administrative and finance support to the business functions and deal with enquiries from the public, ensuring correspondence is dealt with in a professional and in a timely manner.
  • Provide contract management support including preparation of documentation, monitoring, recording of financial transactions and health and safety compliance.
  • Monitoring the various Business Support mailboxes, ensuring correspondence is dealt with in a professional and timely manner.
  • Ad hoc projects, tasks and general office duties as required. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential:

  • The ability to deliver excellent customer service
  • Working within an office environment
  • Ability to work within and add value to a team
  • Excellent organisational skills and an eye for detail

Professional and Technical Expertise

Essential:

  • A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
  • Proof reading and editing of documents and data
  • Experience of handling numerical data
  • Knowledge/use of finance packages – purchase ledger/sales ledger/cash account etc

Desirable:

  • Experience of contract administration
  • AAT foundation certificate level 2 or similar
  • Working knowledge around CIS and VAT

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Technical skills

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages – in particular Word, Excel and Outlook.
  • Experience of handling numerical data
  • Knowledge/use of Finance packages – sales and purchase ledger
  • Proof reading and editing of documents and data
Alongside your salary of £23,098, Forestry Commission contributes
£6,260 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 average employer contribution of 27%

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and 750 word personal statement. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.. 

Successful candidates will be invited to interviews to take place at the Sherwood Pines Office / Cannock Office.

Sifting w/c 6th November 2023

Interviewing w/c 20th November 2023

Further Information

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Any move to Forestry from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.

Reasonable Adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. 

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should: 

Contact Government Recruitment Service via fcerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs. 

Complete the ‘Assistance required’ section in the ‘Additional requirements’ page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.

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.

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.
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.
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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Emma Brown
  • Email : emma.brown@forestryengland.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : fcerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. 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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