Business Operations Coordinator

Business Operations Coordinator

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Salary: £34,905 - £37,173 (dependent on experience)

Contract Type: Open Ended (permanent)

Location: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX

Hours: Full-time (We understand the importance of work-life balance, and are happy to discuss the possibility of flexible working with applicants)

Closing date: 8th October 2024

Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us. Whether its sending probes into space or finding new ways to treat cancer, everyone here plays a vital role in making a positive difference to society.

Come and discover how much you can achieve when youre surrounded by world-leading experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.

STFCs Technology Department now have an exciting opportunity for a Business Operations Co-ordinator to join our Business Operations Management team. Based at our Harwell Campus, the role will be supporting the bid to project lifecycle of a department with a portfolio of significant projects supporting, designing and developing new state-of-the-art scientific facilities of national and international importance.

Technology Department Business Operations Team are looking for a capable administrator to join our friendly, established group. As a group, we work closely with both departmental staff and colleagues across support functions such as Finance and Legal. You will aid in the management of the Technology bid process, taking the lead for the new bid register, reviews and ensuring that all procedures are followed. You will also be involved in developing the process, keeping it relevant and ensuring documentation is stored and reviewed.

You will also be aiding the development of management information, gathering data to enable analysis and making recommendations where necessary. This could be financial or staff resource data which provides insightful business intelligence for the Senior Leadership team.

Super organised and enthusiastic, you will be an integral part of the team, helping ensure that the bid-to-project life cycle runs smoothly within the department. You will interact with numerous people daily from inside and outside STFC, and you will often work autonomously on your given tasks.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining accurate and consistent project financial information to assist with the departments forecasting process.
• Acting as a central point of contact for the Technology bid process and related queries.
• Using SharePoint to create and maintain comprehensive bid documentation; ensuring this documentation is updated and version-controlled; keeping records and files in good order.
• Organising meetings, taking notes and ensuring actions are followed up and closed out.

About You (Essential Shortlisting Criteria)

• You will be educated to GCSE level, with A-C in English and Maths (or equivalent) and demonstrate proficient use of Microsoft Office tools.
• You will have experience working in a business support/administrator role.
• You will be a strong multitasker who can work both independently and as part of a team, and have the ability to prioritise in an ambiguous work environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including being a solid communicator and demonstrate a high level of customer service.
• Have an analytical mindset, with the ability to gather and interpret data to drive decision-making and planning.

STFC values their employees by offering a benefits package designed to provide an excellent work/life balance including 30 days annual leave, 10.5 public and privilege holidays, flexible working hours, a workplace nursery, exceptional average salary pension scheme, social and sporting activities and societies and a subsidised restaurant.

As one of Europes largest research organisations, this is a place where theres always something new to learn about the world around us, about your career, but most of all, about yourself.

Join us and discover whats possible by submitting your CV and covering letter which outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for STFC and the role.

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or canobtain the right to work in the UK. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y

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