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Are you passionate about building strong relationships, and experienced in managing key supplier relationships?The NHS SBS team has significant NHS and commercial expertise across all categories of spend, bringing fresh ideas and tried and tested models. Our CIPS qualified staff are also supported by expertise across the NHS SBS business in finance, HR and IT to name just a few. Within this talented and progressive team, the successful candidate will assist in the provision of transaction processing services to one or a number of clients.This is a hybrid role with the requirement to be in the Salford office once a week. What you will be doing:

• Processing work in line with agreed procedures, business rules or scripts - Processing work could include making calls, answering telephone, emails, queries, taking messages or processing transactions.
• Learning the procedures and understand parameters of producing a quality output, liaising with internal/external clients and maintaining records for audit purposes.
• Resolve queries and escalate as necessary (i.e. a team leader/manager/other group) and log if appropriate.
• To schedule and prioritise allocated work daily, ensuring deadlines are met including printing/posting data/reports/invoicing daily.
• Distribute information and when required, work to the other team members or groups as well as maintaining and updating information held on a data base or manually.
• Identify and suggest areas of improvement- and supporting line management on any additional admin when required.

What you ll bring:

• Able to work in a team or other structured environment
• Articulate and able to maintain good relationships with colleagues and clients
• Experience of a previous admin role, procurement experience not essential
• Quick learner of systems and the desire to progress
• Knowledge of Microsoft package, experience of using spreadsheets
• Ability to use initiative without direction

It would be great if you had:

• Have ability to navigate around and understand use of relevant systems e.g. Oracle/SAP
• Be able to understand and work with numbers at an advanced level

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we re looking for, please do apply, we d love to hear from you!Employment Type: Full-time, 13 month FTC

Location: Anywhere- Must be able to commute to Salford for weekly collaborative meetings

Security Clearance Level: BPSS

Internal Recruiter: Kayleigh

Salary: Up to GBP30,000

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

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