Business Support Assistant

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow, Livingston, or Dundee is currently looking to recruit a Business Support Assistant on a hybrid basis, on an initial 6-month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of c.£14.93/hour PAYE (based on experience).

Responsibilities:

• Process requests for travel and accommodation through the Travel services contract, researching options and communicating confirmation of bookings with relevant advice.
• Regularly engage with staff and provide a central customer enquiry point for the unit
• Support the directorate, collate and relay feedback, attend meetings
• Supporting the wider team by providing cover, for example, for Reception or Enquiries
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of working processes and practices of the wider team and organisation.
• Collating and processing data and maintaining databases (e.g. survey and evaluation responses, event attendees and engagement).
• Answering internal and external enquiries via email, telephone and in person.
• Liaising with colleagues and external customers.
• Raising, tracking and receipting Purchase Orders (Oracle)
• Arrange payment of invoices

Essential Experience:

• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage your workload. Along with using your own initiative to balance competing priorities and ensure deadlines are met
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and collaborate effectively
• Experience of working in a fast-paced office environment, proficient in the use of Outlook, Word and Excel IT packages
• Using problem solving skills you will regularly analyse information to produce reports and recommendations to improve systems, processes and performance

Desirable Experience:

• Adaptable to changing requirements
• Strong attention to detail

ASA Recruitment is one of Scotland’s largest independent multi-sector recruitment agencies. We specialise in providing effective tailored solutions for permanent, contract and temporary employment requirements for our Clients and Candidates. We are members of the REC and are ISO certified.

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