Business Coordinator

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Belfast, is currently looking to recruit a Business Coordinator for an initial 6 month contract on a rate of £23.37/hour PAYE – working 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 8.30am-5pm, Friday 8.30am-4.30pm. This role will be a hybrid of working at home and in the office.

Responsibilities:

• To assist the Finance, Procurement and Information Manager with the day to day management and supervision of assigned staff to ensure that the business needs of the department are met in an efficient and cost effective manner
• To assist the Finance, Procurement and Information Manager with the timely development of the departmental business plan, business support’s annual objectives, performance indicators and work programmes to ensure the required standards of service delivery are maintained.
• To provide advice and guidance to senior management on all financial, information management, procurement and administrative matters.
• To set individual and section goals/targets and identify the training and development needs of staff through the use of PDP’s and to implement agreed training and development programmes for the team.
• To proactively work with management in the coordination and implementation of any departmental or service change management and improvement activities.
• To represent the Finance, Procurement and Information Manager as required within their own functional area of responsibility.
• To participate as directed in the organisation’s selection interview procedure.
• To undertake such other relevant duties as may from time to time be required.

Essential Skills:

• Have a third level qualification in a relevant financial related discipline, for example, Finance, Business Studies, or an equivalent qualification and be able to demonstrate on the application form, by providing personal and specific examples, one year’s relevant experience in the following three areas: or be able to demonstrate on the application form, by providing personal and specific examples, two years’ relevant experience in the following three areas: i. contributing to the preparation of estimates and the monitoring and review of substantial budgets; ii. contributing to the management and development of systems and processes to meet the varying business needs of the organisation including financial performance data; and iii. managing and motivating members of staff including programming workloads and priorities.
• A full knowledge of departmental budget preparation and the management and control of financial and other departmental resources with an understanding of financial management.
• The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences, both verbally and in writing and to deliver effective presentations appropriate to the audience.
• The ability to lead and motivate a small section of employees, agreeing and reviewing targets for individuals and for teams including allocating and prioritising work effectively whilst making a full contribution to team decision-making and achievement of objectives.
• The ability to analyse complex situations and take appropriate decisive action with an understanding of the possible wider corporate implications of such action.
• The ability to use finance and other relevant information systems with an awareness of new developments in these fields and the ability to review and implement systems and processes required to maintain the effective and compliant operational procedures for the directorate and to deliver up-to-date management information.
• A thorough knowledge of performance management systems and procedures including performance indicators, benchmarking and quality assurance methodologies.
• The ability to demonstrate a sound awareness of customer care procedures, and to respond appropriately to the needs of internal and external customers.

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