If you have a flair for organisation, excel in dynamic environments, and thrive as a collaborative team player, then this opportunity could be an ideal fit for you.
Midlands Connect (MC) is seeking an experienced Corporate Services Officer to deliver top-tier business support throughout the organisation. In this pivotal role, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the seamless and efficient operation of the MC team. Your responsibilities will encompass scheduling meetings, proofreading documents, managing freedom of information requests, drafting meeting agendas, and overseeing procurement activities, to name a few.
Working in collaboration with two other Corporate Services Officers, you'll offer comprehensive cross-functional support for the MC team. Your primary focus will entail assisting your line manager in ensuring governance and compliance within the organisation and making sure that the MC team adheres to the set guidance and processes.
This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking for a varied and busy role within an organisation that cares about making a real difference to transport, across the UK. We need someone who can use their own initiative, is proactive, has strong attention to detail and enjoys working collaboratively.
What will you be doing?
- Support with meetings including the provision of minute-taking, organisation of dates, suitable venues and hospitality arrangements.
- Support, implement and monitor governance processes and procedures.
- Manage Midlands Connect’s external email boxes.
- Assist in maintaining inventories and administer/order equipment including troubleshooting of basic hard/software problems.
- Monitor Service Level Agreements, licenses and insurances.
- Support - raising requisitions, purchase orders, manage change requests and invoice management; ensure that safety and security is upheld; support the recruitment process including the development and implementation of an effective induction programme.
About you.
- Practical office experience, including experience in dealing with external contractors.
- Experience of organising, preparing for and facilitating meetings
- Good verbal/written communication skills, including professional telephone manner.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including tact and diplomacy.
- Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent Team Working
- Ability to work on own initiative, prioritising work to meet demands.
How to apply.
On clicking ‘apply for this job’, you will first be prompted to create an account. You will have the opportunity to upload a CV, which will be used to auto-populate your profile. Please note, we do not see your CV once you have applied. Our shortlisting decisions are based on what you tell us in your profile - and so it is important to format your profile so that it really stands out. Make sure to include your employment history and include any essential education and qualifications. You will be asked to provide a supporting statement. If you already have one that you have prepared earlier, you can simply copy and paste this into the application form.
Applicants will need to evidence that they have the legal right to work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
Salary and benefits.
We advertise salary ranges for job roles, with new appointments typically starting at the lowest salary point. In exceptional cases, where higher skill levels or experience are applicable, the salary point may be adjusted to secure the best candidate. This approach allows for potential year-on-year salary increases, offering progression and appropriate rewards to employees.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a Local Government Pension Scheme, 28 days of paid annual leave, Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers. For more details, please visit the benefits page on our careers site.
Location and working pattern - what you can expect.
Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1TT. It is expected that you can split your time between the office and working remotely, with at least 2 days spent in the office.
About us.
Midlands Connect researches, develops, and progresses transport projects which will provide the biggest possible environmental, economic, and social benefits for the Midlands and the rest of the UK.
Our aim of these improvements is to transform regional and UK gateways, bringing the Midlands closer together and accelerating cost-effective improvements to unlock east-west connectivity that will enable the Midlands’ economies to work more effectively together.
Our partnership is vast: councils, LEPs, Chambers of Commerce, airports, HS2 Ltd, Network Rail, Highways England, and our sponsor the Department for Transport. We work closely with all of them, as well as MPs and businesses, to amplify our messages and build relationships internally and externally.
We’re ambitious, forward thinking and determined to find better ways of working, always leading the way in what we do. We trust and support each other to get the job done, and encourage creativity, originality, and curiosity from those who work with us. We’re committed to creating an accessible and diverse workplace, one that nurtures an inclusive environment where our people can be themselves.
Midlands Connect is an independent organisation, tasked by government to advise on the best value strategic transport projects in the Midlands. Our accountable body is the West Midlands Combined Authority who support us through providing HR, finance, and governance support to help deliver our priorities.
Reasonable adjustments.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Team (careers@wmca.org.uk). We are here to assist and accommodate your needs.
If your values align with ours and you’re committed to working towards creating a future we can all be proud of, we want to hear from you.
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