Business Support Officer

Job summary

The Business Support Officer will provide highly efficient and professional business support across the Corporate Governance directorate. On behalf of the Director of Corporate Governance, they will provide dedicated and confidential administrative and business support to the Chair, Vice Chair and Independent Members.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly as part of the wider Corporate Governance directorate and to the Director of Corporate Governance and Chief Business Officer. They will be given the autonomy to prioritise work to ensure that the Chair, Vice Chair and Independent Members are fully briefed, prepared, and supported, in all aspects of their functions. The post holder will be expected to seek advice when necessary but will be responsible for managing own area of work.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be the main point of contact for general queries from within the organisation and act with a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality. The individual will need to be able to arrange high-level meetings, take notes, track matters, manage action and decision logs and other business / administrative functions for the team.

This is a high trust role that will be expected to demonstrate high levels of integrity and commitment. There will be a need for the post holder to handle highly confidential and sometimes very contentious and sensitive information of a personal, financial and political nature and will therefore be relied upon to observe and comply with specific and implied confidentiality rules and policies.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.