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.

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.

The below is a list of characteristics which may be helpful in this role. These will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but are laid out to help candidates understand more about the role.

• You will build and maintain strong working relationships with our Senior Leadership Team and across the Group and DBT, supporting directorate-wide leadership activity including weekly huddles and regular all staff events.
• You will support the development and maintenance of CLG intranet systems & information manager responsibilities.
• Supporting corporate work and Directorate Staff Networks, including on key topics of Learning and Development and Diversity and Inclusion.
• Special wider projects, such as in support of the One DBT People Strategy.
• Effective delivery of Directors Office’s corporate function.

• Building strong relationships with senior leadership at the Insolvency Service and FRC, helping influence the strategic relationship;
• Supporting secretariat for sponsorship board meetings for both organisations;
• Working with finance and HR colleagues on information commissions and financial approvals; and
• Helping oversee recruitment as necessary.

• Provide support and co-ordination of strategic resource planning, including work-force planning and Spending Reviews, ensuring timely and quality assured returns.

• Managing cash management exercises in support of the funding of partnership organisations.
• Build effective relationships with the UK SBS Teams, Central Finance, Group Finance, budget holders and the Directorate Business Manager.