Business Support Assistant

We are seeking two highly organised and proactive Business Support Assistants to demonstrate a wide ranging skill set including highly developed administration skills, excellent IT skills, event planning and designing visually appealing media to support the corporate business and programme functions. The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of a range of corporate services, projects and events across Wessex to meet the innovation adoption agenda.
They will need to be experienced and confident in exercising initiative, diplomacy and confidentiality in communicating at all levels, both internally and across a wide range of stakeholders., Based at Southampton Science Park in Chilworth in a bright modern office easily accessible from the M3, M27 and Southampton Parkway train station, the location offers free parking with a café area and networking spaces on site. 27 acres of the Science Park site are designated a protected Conservation Area and open to staff.
We are keen to ensure that staff enjoy a successful work/life balance and offer flexible working dependent on the requirements of the role. HIW endorses personal development and provides training allowances to help you deliver in the role and meet your career goals.
We also have a proactive approach to wellbeing in line with our core values of being Innovative, Inclusive and Collaborative, with staff engagement groups shaping the organisation's culture and driving initiatives to allow our people to flourish despite times of challenge, change and high demand., Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication skills, an ability to build new relationships quickly, and creative design skills in order to produce visually appealing, branded documentation. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences - whether that be clinical / NHS or from industry / private sector. Secondments considered.
You will be part of a small and friendly Business Support team, supporting the corporate and programme functions across the organisation. The role is wide and varied, therefore being adaptable and flexible to business needs is a key asset.

Are you fascinated by change and innovation? Can you help the NHS adopt innovation faster to help deliver better care to patients?
At Health Innovation Wessex we improve people's health, achieve excellence in healthcare and boost innovation adoption and growth in our region's life sciences and health and care sectors.
As one of 15 HINs across England, we connect and support academics, NHS, industry and others to bring fresh energy to old problems, inspire new thinking, and adopt innovative practices at scale., Health Innovation Wessex (HIW) is a company limited by guarantee, owned by the NHS and universities, hosted by University Hospital Southampton.