Business Support Officer

This is a busy, multi-faceted role working for a dynamic team which oversees the waste contracts for the management and disposal of municipal waste from Greater Manchester. We handle around 4% of the UKs municipal waste. This is approximately 1.1 million tonnes of waste and recycling each year from over a million households from the metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford (Wigan operates as a unitary authority and administers its own disposal arrangements). The waste contracts include the operation and maintenance of 35 waste facilities located on 27 sites including 20 Household Waste Recycling Centres.

The post holder will contribute to the goals and objectives of the Business Support Team through the provision of a high quality business support service which is customer focused, flexible, timely and confidential.

You must be extremely well organised and have high professional standards to support the efficient delivery of this service and have achieved a minimum A-C GCSE grade in Maths and English or equivalent.

You will need to be a confident communicator, demonstrate excellent customer service, be quick to learn, have a real can-do approach, have excellent IT skills (including experience of using all Microsoft Applications, Office 365 and ideally Adobe or Nitro Pro) and experience of taking meeting minutes/action plans. You will also need to be able to use your own initiative and work in a flexible manner.

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.