Directors Private Office: Business Support Officer
Company Law & Governance (CLG) Directorate
We are principally based in London, with a small number of colleagues based in Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford and Darlington. We are a friendly, collaborative and inclusive directorate. We strive to deliver high-quality, and evidence driven policy, and we value and invest in the expertise of our staff and our relationships with companies, investors and other key stakeholders.
Through our work we aim to maintain world class standards of company law, corporate governance and corporate reporting. A proportionate and targeted company framework generates the trust in the corporate landscape needed to enable investment and to support the growth of UK businesses.Our work helps support investment in the UK, protects investors and creditors and promotes responsible and transparent corporate conduct.
The role of Business Support Officer will provide excellent opportunities to develop your career in the Civil Service and to acquire new skills, both through on-the-job training and via DBT’s extensive learning and development offering. We take diversity and inclusion seriously and respect difference, and we encourage applications from diverse and under-represented groups.
We are looking for a motivated and proactive Business Support Officer to work in the Director’s Office, as part of a friendly team that includes a Business Manager (G7), PA (HEO), Support Assistant (EO) and Finance & Admin Officer (AO) and the CLG Sponsorship Team that includes two Sponsorship Leads (G7) and Policy Officer (HEO).
The role involves leading and coordinating the Directorate’s corporate activities and supporting the Director and Senior Leadership Team (60%), and supporting the management of the sponsorship relationship with the Insolvency Service (InsS) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) (40%).
The post holder will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, attention to detail and problem-solving abilities, as well as an affinity for collaborative working; both within the Directorate and across the Group, the wider Department and Arm’s-Length bodies.
The line manager for the role is the Directorate Business Manager. The Sponsorship Lead for InsS and FRC will also provide work management of the Sponsorship aspect of the job role.