Business Support Officer

Contract Type:

Contract

Location:

Bristol

Industry:

Defence and Military

Contact Name:

Jake Appleton

Contact Email:

Jake.Appleton@meritustalent.com

Contact Phone:

02921 673 746

Date Published:

25-Feb-2026

MERITUS are recruiting for a Business Support Officer to join our defence client on an initial 6 month contract from their site in Bristol to work on upcoming projects.

BUSINESS SUPPORT OFFICER - INSIDE IR35 - £26.35 PER HOUR - UNDERGO SC CLEARANCE - 6 MONTHS - BRISTOL - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Working as a Business Support Officer (BSO) in a friendly and supportive team, you will provide administrative and operational support to a Programmes Team based at our Bristol site.

To provide pro-active, accurate and comprehensive administrative support to the Senior Management team members to include, but not limited to:

Main priority:

  • A customer facing task - To be at Bristol site to support on-site customer visits, for at least 2 days per week (visits take place approximately 20 weeks of the year).

Additional Regular Tasks:

  • To manage complex diaries, extensive travel arrangements and expenses
  • To organise meetings, events, workshops, training days and participate when required and take and manage actions
  • Create and maintain MS Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, MS One Note and MS Word documents accurately
  • strong level on all Microsoft packages, and have experience of diary management
  • Manage an access control process to ensure control of data and compliance
  • Understanding and utilising our client systems, tools and policies
  • Supporting any wider UKSF activities such as participation and contribution to working groups
  • These tasks may be varied and ad-hoc in scope

What we're looking for from you:

  • Customer-facing experience.
  • An enthusiastic team player who demonstrates integrity, is approachable, friendly and maintains confidentiality.
  • Experience in a similar Business /Admin Support role; managing complex diaries, organising meetings, events and travel arrangements
  • Someone who can exhibit a high level of resilience, communication, organisation skills and attention to detail, which is key to success in this role
  • Someone who is forward thinking, who looks to improve efficiencies in working practices and processes
  • Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote)
  • Ability to prioritise, multi-task and manage your own workload effectively
  • Willingness to learn and extend the role above and beyond the job description
  • To develop to become the knowledge point of contact within the team
  • Confident in building effective working relationships at all levels
  • Participation in UK Support Function and personal development initiatives
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