Business Manager - CEO Office

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Job description

About you:
Are you an experienced and motivated Business Manager who thrives in a demanding environment? Are you good with dealing in with a diverse range of tasks, which includes diary management, liaising with senior stakeholders with a strong communication skill set?

The Ideal Candidate will be:
To provide an effective channel of communication for the CEO within the department and with external stakeholders in deciding arrangements for meetings and commissioning the required materials.
To communicate clearly, whilst recognising the confidential and sensitive nature of the work and the need to be discreet when dealing with sensitive/high profile issues.
To ensure that the CEO time is coordinated and managed effectively, highlighting any pressure points
Develop strong and trusted relationships with GFSL teams across the organisation, working closely with the Exec function and external stakeholders, working strategically to ensure that the CEO has all the advice and information required to make well-informed, robust decisions.
To be a point of contact with the Non-Executive Directors ensuring they are fully supported and have all required materials to fulfil their roles.
Ensure timely briefing and advice is provided to the CEO, using agreed templates with clear objectives and interventions/lines to take provided in advance.
Provide timely and accurate minutes and files notes, maintaining confidentiality and exercising discretion.
Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence, ensuring that appropriate and timely action is taken to resolve issues, respond to enquiries and requests.

Experience Required:
- To be successful, you will need to be someone who can communicate well with internal and external stakeholders.
- You can engage effectively to build relationships with stakeholders, officials, and Ministerial offices.
- You will have excellent organisational skills with high attention to detail. You demonstrate resilience, good judgement, and the ability to remain calm when situations change at short notice.
- You are responsive to changing priorities and confident in your own ability to apply good judgement when making fast-paced decisions. You work well independently and as part of a team.
- This role is full time only and requires travel across the Southern FM prison estate as and when required.

Why join us?
You'll become part of a high performing team in an ambitious and growing organisation with excellent and safe working environments and superb benefits, including, but not limited to 25 days annual leave, employer/ employee contributed pensions, competitive salaries and job security.
What next?
Apply today and a member of the team will be in touch to agree next steps with you.
People matter to us.
Gov Facility Services is devoted to creating an inclusive workplace where our employees are valued for their skills and experiences.
As a business we are committed to keeping the prisons we work in safe and decent, we are equally committed to creating a workplace as diverse as the communities we serve - the more perspectives we have, the better decisions we make, empowering people's access to equal opportunities, no matter who they are or where they're from, we are really passionate about this and hope you are too.

Pride in People - Do the Right thing - One Team
An ISO 9001 Certified Company

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