Senior Business Support Officer

hace 4 semanas

Bogota, Colombia Foreign & Commonwealth Office A tiempo completo

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

**Main purpose of job**:
To provide an efficient support service to Embassy operations and corporate functions, programmes or projects, contributing towards the successful delivery of business objectives.

Roles and responsibilities:

- To manage and lead a team responsible for providing business support and governance to operations and corporate functions, and contribute towards the achievement of the strategic objectives of the Embassy.
- To develop, implement and improve core delivery functions and support services and support the development and implementation of strategy and policy.
- Manage projects, resources, programmes, planning activities to ensure work is completed within agreed timescales/budgets and quality standards, in line with UK Government policy.
- Develop and manage relationships with key partners to ensure productive collaborative working.
- Manage change activity and communicate proposed changes with staff and stakeholders.
- Manage the quality, secure handling and dissemination of data/information and develop policy, reports, procedures across business area.
- Manage/coach and develop staff.

**Resources managed (staff and expenditure)**:
2x Country Based Staff (Administrative Assistant)
£3m across multiple budget streams

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

**Essential on arrival**:

- Demonstrate an ability to encourage and initiate problem solving and ability to manage change.
- Demonstrate an ability to make decisions which meet business needs and customer requirements.
- Experience of working to tight deadlines in a fast paced environment.
- Experience of adapting communication styles for difference audiences.
- Evidence of financial management skills.

**Language requirements**:
Language: Spanish and English

Level of language required: Fluent
- Required behaviours- Making Effective Decisions, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Leadership, Working Together, Developing Self and Others Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year
- 22 August 2023

Grade
- Higher Executive Officer (HEO)

Type of Position
- Fixed Term, Full-time

Working hours per week
- 35

Duration of Post
- 24 months

Region
- Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory
- Colombia

Location (City)
- Bogota

Type of Post
- British Embassy

Number of vacancies
- 1

Salary Currency
- COP

Salary
- COP $11,207,195 monthly

Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year
- 8 November 2023

Other benefits and conditions of employment

**Working Hours**:
Monday - Thursday 08:30 - 17:00

Friday 08:30 - 13:30

Learning and development opportunities:
Funding is available for job-related learning and development.

Additional information

**Unfortunately, applicants holding dual Colombian nationality cannot be accepted, unless UK Government security clearance (SC(O)) is already held.

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