Coastal Business Support Officer

We have some exciting opportunities to join our team managing coastal flood and erosion risk on the south coast. 

• Career Grade D: £26,409 to £28,163 per annum
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working/Hybrid working

Coastal Partners is a Partnership formed of five Local Authorities on the south coast. The organisation is responsible for planning, building, and maintaining sea defences along 246km of coastline. Our location means that we are heavily focused on improving the natural environment and adapting to climate change. We also manage services in surveying, research, and coastal science. 

The Roles

We are looking for suitable candidates to work within our team who may have experience within a particular area of either Finance, Communications or General Administration. Working within our assurance team, we provide project, administration, communications, customer service, people and financial support and advice across the partnership. We would like to offer the opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of tasks. These posts will cover a range of functions in business administration, supporting colleagues and managers as well as supporting the assurance team with the delivery and implementation of change to contribute to overall business improvement.

You may have experience in a particular area, broadly duties will include some or a variation of the following:

• Business and communications support and administration.
• Finance Support.
• Responding to queries and dealing with e-mail enquiries on a range of matters within a specified timescale and escalating where necessary.
• Supporting the team with ad hoc projects and changes.
• Arranging meetings.
• Creating and updating processes and forms.

What skills do I need?

• Experience of working in a support role, administrative, communications or finance.
• Knowledge and practical experience of using a variety of computer software packages. 
• A strong customer care focus – internal team members and external partners and customers.
• A commitment to solving problems, as part of a team or as an individual, to achieve the best outcome.
• Good and effective written and oral communication skills – able to deliver messages clearly.
• Ability to form good working relationships and confidence to deal with people at all levels, working as part of a team and independently. 
• Work to achieve high standards and accuracy. 
• Appreciation of working with sensitive and confidential information. 

We can offer you

A competitive salary/benefits and support for your continuous professional development.

• £26,409 to £28,163 per annum (Business Support Officer Level - career graded role)
• Generous Leave Allowance
• Free Parking
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working/Hybrid Working
• Family Friendly Packages

If you enjoy working in a busy team and have experience in administration, then you are the kind of person we want to hear from! 

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Angela Sturgess, Assurance Team Manager on 07880 357249.

We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working and would consider part time hours. If this is an option you’d like to explore, please let us know how many hours you are looking for in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond).