Business Coordinator

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-focused Business Coordinator to join our News and Current Affairs Team in Belfast. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive business support to managers and team leaders, ensuring the smooth operation of the team.

The role involves a broad range of administrative tasks, including diary management, payment processing, coordinating training initiatives, and optimising cross-team operational systems. You will work closely with colleagues across different areas, gaining insight into how a modern newsroom operates and building valuable skills and experience.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing administrative and financial processes, prioritising tasks, and ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Providing general administration services, analytics reports, and tracking outputs for projects and working groups
• Supporting effective communication across the business, cascading information, and collaborating with divisional specialists
• Monitoring and reporting on mandatory training and supporting people-related administrative activities
• Providing business support services, including diary assistance, travel logistics, and coordination of meetings
• Carrying out delegated business administrative tasks, including raising IT support requests and supporting risk management and data protection processes
• Supporting financial and planning activities, including monitoring finance performance, producing management information, and processing payments

Essential criteria:

• Organised with the ability to prioritise own workload effectively
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to influence stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills, including experience of gathering, analysing, and collating complex information
• Ability to work with limited supervision, using initiative to resolve problems
• Strong IT skills, including experience of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to manage high volumes of financial and administrative information accurately

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of providing administrative support within a large or complex organisation
• Business and finance skills, including budgeting and resource planning
• Working knowledge of SAP or similar business systems
• Experience of working with colleagues across a wide range of roles and levels of seniority
• Interest in news and current affairs, or experience within the media sector

In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive salary package of £31,000 - £36,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience. We also provide a range of benefits, including a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave, a defined pension scheme, and discounted dental, health care, and gym membership.