# Op COURAGE Business Support Officer

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Rochford Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Business support officer
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-21T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09T13:04:35.293Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Business_Support/Business_Support-v8337955
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8337955?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Op COURAGE is a community-based NHS mental health service for Veterans, Reservists and Service-Leavers. This team covers the six counties of the East of England and comprises of six contracted clinical and non-clinical partner organisations, to deliver high-quality mental health care.

This post will provide administrative support across Op COURAGE, in the provision of an effective, comprehensive and confidential administration service, as well as supporting specific projects/tasks as required by the Leadership Team. It would be advantageous if the post holder has business management education or experience.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work accurately under pressure with the ability to manage and prioritise own workload in line with Directorate objectives.

You are responsible for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your team. As required by your manager, this may include ensuring new staff are appropriately inducted, that staff receive appropriate supervision, have an annual appraisal and are compliant with mandatory training requirements. Where appropriate this may include the requirement you manage these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, internal and external stakeholders maintain a professional image of the Trust at all times.

In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and as required in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the role and responsibilities.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Education

**Essential**

- - Knowledge of the full range of admin and organisational policies and procedures acquired through training and relevant experience to degree level or equivalent.

**Desirable**

- Business Management Qualification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of a full range of administration procedures this includes work allocation, problem solving for a team or area of work, as well as answering queries and progress chasing, plus developing alternative or additional procedures.

**Desirable**

- Working knowledge of Trust Information systems.

### Skills experience

**Essential**

- Experience of dealing with confidential and complex / sensitive information
- Advanced Microsoft Office Skills including Work, Excel and PowerPoint

**Desirable**

- Experience in future planning of team environment / workload
- Experience of direct line management of staff

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990)
- [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853)
- [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355)
- [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659)
- [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849)
- [band 5 business support officer jd (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661825)
- [band 5 business support officer ps (pdf, 208.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661826)
- [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451)

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