
Business Support Team Leader
immediately
Full-time, Unlimited
Retford
£40,000 - £48,000
Business Support Team Leader
Your responsibilities
- You will lead and inspire the Business Support Team, ensuring smooth delivery of key services that underpin the site’s operational success.
- You will manage contracts and facilities across CDCPK assets, making sure suppliers deliver value and compliance is maintained.
- You will coordinate business-critical functions such as document control, training, communications, and financial administration to support strategic goals.
- You will drive continuous improvement, identifying smarter ways of working and helping the team adapt to changing business needs.
- You will support senior leadership, including the Plant Manager and Executive Team, by delivering high-quality administrative and event support.
Your profile
Essential:- Professional Qualification or Equivalent Experience: NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or substantial demonstrable experience in business administration and leading teams.
- Time Management and Prioritisation: Ability to dynamically assess and act on changing priorities while maintaining a balanced personal workload.
- Core Administrative Competence: Proficiency in calendar management, minute/note taking, and tracking actions.
- Planning and Organising: Demonstrable experience in creating plans, organising audits and visits, and monitoring progress.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Influence: Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-Motivation and Initiative: Ability to work independently with enthusiasm, flexibility, and a proactive mindset.
- Attention to Detail and Reliability: Capable of working with precision and consistently delivering outcomes.
- IT Proficiency: Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn bespoke systems.
- Commercial and Financial Awareness: Understanding of financial principles relevant to business support activities, including contract management.
- Experience working in a regulated or safety-critical environment, such as energy, utilities, or infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Uniper systems and processes, including internal branding, audit protocols, and community engagement practices.
- Experience supporting senior leadership teams or executive-level stakeholders.
- Understanding of training strategy development and coordination across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Exposure to event planning for large-scale internal or external functions.
- Working knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma).
- Awareness of local community engagement or corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Job ID:
88424
Application deadline:
31/07/2025
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:
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We look forward to receiving your application!
Your Uniper Talent Acquisition Team
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