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Home-based (with UK travel)
About Us
We’re Blind Veterans UK, a charity that helps vision-impaired ex-service people from every generation rebuild their lives after their sight has been affected. Founded in 1915, by Sir Arthur Pearson, to help the many veterans losing their sight after the First World War, we have over a century of experience providing the best care to our veterans.
Since then, we’ve provided support to tens of thousands of vision-impaired veterans, helping them to regain their independence. By providing our members with the tools and skills they need to lead a fulfilling and active life, we ensure they remain valued members of society.
We’re one transformational team that believes every visually impaired veteran should be able to lead the life they choose.
We are currently seeking a Business Co-ordinator to join us on a full-time basis for a one year fixed term contract.
The Benefits
– Salary of £30,000 per annum
– Generous annual leave with the option to buy additional days
– Pension scheme with generous employer contributions
– Healthcare cash plan
– Access to legal services and mental health support
– Employee assistance programme
– Home working allowance
– Professional and personal development
– Life Assurance
– Enhanced pay
It’s a great time to become a part of our journey, as we embark on an ambitious transformation programme to guarantee our long-term prosperity and ensure that we can support our beneficiaries for years to come.
If you’re a highly organised administrator, this is a brilliant opportunity to join our wonderful team.
The Role
As a Business Co-ordinator, you will provide administrative and confidential support to the Executive Assistant to the CEO and Chairman, and to Directors on occasion.
The role includes diary management, meeting support, travel planning and expenses reconciliation, event/project support and other tasks in support of the Executive Assistant.
Additionally, you will:
– Liaise closely with the Executive Assistant to ensure a co-ordinated approach and provide cover support
– Write accurate minutes and record actions
– Create agendas
– Assist with the formatting of meeting papers
About You
To be considered for the role of Business Co-ordinator, you will need:
– Relevant administrative experience
– Demonstrable experience of providing personal support at a senior level
– Experience of building relationships with senior decision makers
– Experience working with confidential information
– Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams
– Proven organisational skills
– Minute-taking skills
Experience of working with older people or people with sight loss would be beneficial to your application, as would knowledge of the military and military personnel.
The closing date for this vacancy is 28 August 2024.
Other organisations may call this role Administrator, Team Administrator, Support Administrator, Admin Officer, Admin Assistant, Office Assistant, Receptionist, or Secretary.
Webrecruit and Blind Veterans UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’d like to join us as a Business Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
