Business Support Officer

Business Support Officer

Central London (based in one of our London offices, with opportunities to work overseas after 4 years)

£33,746

Flexible working: A range of working patterns are available, including part-time, compressed hours and job shares. If this interests you, it can be discussed during the recruitment process.

We’re MI6 - the UK's Secret Intelligence Service. We work globally to keep the UK safe from overseas threats. Using cutting-edge tech and innovative techniques, we gather secret intelligence to counter these threats. But we couldn’t do any of it without our Business Support Officers. Now, we’re looking for enthusiastic people to join us, right at the heart of MI6.

As a Business Support Officer, you’ll play an important role in keeping our projects and teams running smoothly – both at home and internationally. It’s an exciting position that offers plenty of variety and the opportunity to work across our organisation. One day, you might be arranging tech transfers overseas and the next, you could be coordinating visits with our intelligence partners. Either way, you'll keep our records up-to-date, manage secure communications and ensure the right information reaches the right people.

Rewards and Benefits

You’ll receive a starting salary of £33,746 plus other benefits including:

• 25 days’ annual leave, automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
• Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
• Opportunities to work flexibly, subject to business needs - A range of working patterns are available, including part-time, compressed hours and job shares. If this interests you, it can be discussed during the recruitment process.
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Facilities such as a gym and restaurant, and on-site coffee bars
• Paid parental and adoption leave

This recruitment campaign is part of a pilot scheme to reimburse candidate expenses. We will aim to reimburse reasonable costs of travelling to/from our interview location(s), or any other required attendance as part of the recruitment process. Please see the following link for more details.

To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. You can apply at the age of 17 years, if successful you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday.