Business Advisor
Location: Salford
Length: Asap – 28/02/2025
Rate: £18.50 P/h PAYE (Approx. £38.4K per annum)
Hours: 9am – 6pm
This client is one of the world's largest and most respected broadcasting organisations. One of the UK's flagship media organisations, this client operates numerous TV channels, radio stations and digital platforms, catering to diverse audiences both in the UK and around the globe.
Job Description:
To support the Business Unit's (BU) engagement in cross-team issues and projects. By monitoring KPI performance, providing advice and business support the job holder will enable delivery of the BU's key priorities.
The role of Business Advisor will encompass some or all of the below ‘Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities'; actual scope will be dependent on which BU the role operates within.
- Participate in projects/working groups and initiatives providing information as required to help group achieve project goals.
- Support the implementation of strategic priorities and policies by providing and collating information as required.
- Support the monitoring of the BU financial performance against budget, working with finance specialist and the management team to devise remedial actions.
- Support policy and procedure compliance by working with divisional specialists (e.g. IT, HR, Business Continuity, H&S etc.) as required.
- Provide business support as required in an innovative, responsive, customer-focused and cost-effective manner.
- Participate in the full range of support activities which includes supporting human, financial and/or physical resource allocation and the management of workflow through the BU/team.
- Support the process of monitoring BU objectives; coordinate with members of the team on plans to meet objectives; monitor and report progress, negotiating an appropriate structure to measure performance going forward.
- Provide the management with business support to ensure the designated service/function is delivered in an innovative, responsive, customer-focused and cost-effective manner.
- Co-ordinate the BU business planning calendar; ensuring delivery and monitoring output.
Support the delivery of projects including identifying and delegating appropriate tasks and monitoring delivery
Essential
- Working towards or obtained a relevant management or business qualification to NVQ Level 4/BTEC/HNC level, or equivalent work-based experience.
- Experience of providing the business with administration and management assistance to an environment of similar complexity.
- Demonstrable experience of maintaining constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Project management skills with an ability to improve organisational effectiveness and support a culture of continuous improvement.
- Well organised with some experience of using analytical skills to forward plan and to make effective prioritised and timely operational decisions.
- Effective communication skills both orally and in writing and ability to target content for the audience.
- Strong computer skills with strong experience of office software packages (i.e. Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Good influencing skills, face-to-face and in writing.
- Ability to work with limited supervision, using own initiative to resolve most problems.