Business Manager

Job Description

Permanent Business Manager to the CEO position working for The Government Property Agency. This position offers hybrid working and is based in Birmingham or Manchester. However must commute to Birmingham office twice per week.Client DetailsThe Government Property Agency (GPA) delivers property and workplace solutions across government.The Government Property Agency is changing the way the Civil Service works and is at the forefront of Governments transformation agenda; reshaping the relationship civil servants have with their place of work. The Agency is central to the delivery of keyGovernment policies including moving 22,000 Civil Service roles out of London by 2030 and tackling climate change by contributing to the Net Zero agenda. To do this we are delivering a major change programme across the UK and consolidating our portfolio inorder to save £1.4 billion over 10 years.Beyond the bricks and mortar, the GPA is about providing great workplaces for our people. Through programmes like Hubs, Whitehall Campus and Smart Working you will be in the vanguard of creating model working environments and promoting flexible working practices.DescriptionThis is an exciting opportunity to join a new Private Office team, supporting the CEO of the Government Property Agency (GPA.) You can be based in Birmingham or Manchester however you must commute to the Birmingham office twice per week.Key responsibilities include:Professional business management support for the CEO including managing the flow of work through the CEOs office to Directors and Senior stakeholders including ministers. Maintaining plans, reviewing and prioritising incoming correspondence and actioningtasks and requests.

• Owning a broad portfolio of policy and corporate responsibilities and acting as an advisor and bridge between the Private Office team, the GPA CEO and the wider unit.
• Anticipating future business needs to enable the CEO and his Senior Leadership Team to operate effectively and efficiently, analysing business issues/problems and either implementing or recommending solutions.
• Co-ordinating Directorate-wide responses to feed into larger returns ensuring commissioned material is received on time and is of acceptable quality. Identifying requirements, sources and gaps, minimising the direct impact on delivery teams.
• Developing and overseeing the Directorate business and engagement meetings, organising logistics and ensuring materials are commissioned, produced and provided to support meetings/events, and that accurate notes are kept and actions are tracked.
• Providing professional, timely and effective day to day management of inbox; ensuring that it meets the required standard; identifying issues as they arise and ensuring they are efficiently dealt with; make sure that the CEO is appropriately briefed andprepared for meetings/events in advance.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships across the GPA Directorates, wider Civil Service and senior stakeholders. Dealing with staff at all levels.

Profile

• Managing multiple deadlines to tight timescales.
• Experience of building productive stakeholder relationships, often bringing together people with differing views to develop consensus and support.
• The ability to manage risks, issues, and changes; escalating and specifically proposing solutions, where required.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, with the ability to liaise with various personnel in the business.
• Personal resilience, including the ability to adapt quickly to new demands and work flexibly in order to deliver quality outcomes under pressure.
• Good business management experience including the ability to lead on support for meetings, directorate planning and team organisation.
• Can commute to Birmingham twice per week minimum.

Job OfferSuccessful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check. See our vetting charter. People working withgovernment assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.To ensure a fair and open process all candidates must apply using the provided link and within the deadline of the 31st October 2022. Your application will then be reviewed and scored against job requirements and if successful you will be contacted for firststage screening by Page Personnel.This vacancy uses Civil Service Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills. (Core Skills)Applicants successful at sift will be scored against the following behaviours at interview:

• Managing a quality service, Working Together, Communicating & Influencing & Delivering at pace

Candidates will also be assessed against Technical Skills (GPA Core Skills) at interview.

• Customer Perspective, Commercial Acumen, Property Market Knowledge & Innovation
• This is a 2 stage interview process. The second stage will be meeting the CEO for an informal discussion.

• Competitive Salary
• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options includes the ability to work from home from time to time and the use of flexitime.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension, with an excellent employer contribution rate.
• Generous annual leave, In addition, employees are entitled to 8 days of public holidays and an additional privilege day for the Kings Birthday.
• Cycle to work scheme- loan to purchase cycling equipment with typical savings of up to 40%.
• Access to tax free childcare scheme and holiday playschemes.
• Free eye tests.
• Employee discounts through EdenRed.
• Employee Assistance Programme - The support on offer covers a range of topics, including lifestyle, healthy eating, physical and mental health, and financial and legal advice. There is videos and guides and an online chat service

Keyskills :
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