Business Support Officer

What will the role involve?

You will be supporting a fast-paced team, and be confident in dealing with customers, suppliers, invoicing, and different internal systems and ensuring we put our students, customers, and culture of continuous improvement at the centre of what we do.

To be successful as a business support officer, you will need to be able to work to tight deadlines, be competent in using Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel, and have good verbal, written, and presentation skills. The experience to work on a variety of tasks and see this through to day to day business.

You will have a strong fast paced administrative background alongside some financial experience, be a flexible and pragmatic problem solver with a ‘can-do’ attitude and able to work under pressure.

About the Estates and Facilities Division

Estates and Facilities has a vision to co-create excellent learning, working and living environments that fully engage staff, students, visitors and industry and that facilitates the sharing of knowledge and information.

Utilising the resources of more than 300 directly employed staff, supported by numerous external contractors, the Estates & Facilities Services element of the Directorate is responsible for delivering a full estates and facilities management service to the University, including capital development, property maintenance, cleaning, security, caretaking and landscaping

The Campus services department is a strategic and outward looking department overseeing the delivery of commercial services, that requires a hands-on administrator who will proactively support key projects and business support services including administrative support to the Head of the department.

We continue to operate informal hybrid working arrangements and are open to a mix of remote and campus-based working. There will be a requirement for you to be on campus, but how that mix of remote and onsite works will predominately be down to you to decide – we want you to manage your own time and commitments! We will discuss this with you as part of the selection process.

Supporting diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our community and we want our colleagues to reflect the diversity in our campus. As such, we welcome applications from candidates who might need to work flexibly, as well as those from underrepresented groups. We want our team to be a mix of people and skills, where everyone feels they have a voice and are able to succeed.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Matt Mealing, m.mealing@salford.ac.uk

 What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and excellent pension scheme 
• Generous annual leave plus the option to buy additional days 
• Our community – there’s a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students’ lives
• The perks! MySalford, our online employee portal, offers a wide range of lifestyle benefits and discounts
• Wellbeing – your wellbeing is our priority. We have a wide range of dedicated services and facilities to support your mental and physical health
• Sustainable Salford - We embed sustainability in all aspects of university life and have a commitment to becoming NetZero Carbon by 2038