Business Relationship Officer

 Salary: 37 hours a week. Flexi-time policy applicable

Are you interested in furthering your career and gaining new experience in a fast paced, innovative environment where customer focus is at the forefront of everything we do? Do you have great attention to detail and a focus on maintaining strong relationships with clients and customers?

In this role you will support the Business Relationship Manager with a range of services and functions to internal and external customers alike. You will have great communication skills and be able to speak English to a good standard or through the use of a BSL interpreter and a desire to learn new technologies and processes as needed.

You will be able to:

• Create and maintain accurate accounting records (via Excel)
• Proven high skill and capability of applying and analysing data in Excel to manage client details and financial data.
• Provide updates and financial information/forecasting to the management team.
• Comfortable and able to learn to use a range of systems.
• Assist with the recovery of unpaid invoices.

You will embody Bristol City Council’s Values and Behaviors and strive for continuous improvement and excellent customer service.

Knowledge of Bristol Operations Centre is an advantage, but full training and mentoring will be provided. We will support you in your development within our service and can assist you with further training opportunities within the wider council. This post also offers agile-working post completion of 6 months’ probation/training), flextime working and enrolment in the LGPS pension scheme.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.