Business Support Officer (Public Health) 11413

Business Support Officer | 11413 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £30,023 to £32,046 per annum | Grade F | Norwich

We are looking for an experienced Business Support Officer to support the Public Health service to facilitate the smooth running of the Public Health office. You will provide support across all areas of Public Health which includes Corporate Governance, HR, Health and Safety, Public Health Partnerships, Business Continuity and Service delivery.

Our Public Health service is dedicated to making Norfolk a place where everyone can start life well and age well and where no one is left behind.

Your role will include providing support to the Delivery Manager and Office Coordinators, diary and email support to members of the Senior Management Team, secretariat and project management support to key Public Health Partnerships and to the Public Health Office to support key initiatives and strategic themes within the department.

You will be forward thinking, proactive with an ability to forward plan and be a good team player. You should possess good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, be used to working at all levels within an organisation, be personable and able to demonstrate high level IT skills and possess the ability to instigate, set up and minute meetings.

Experience of maintaining, updating and monitoring information on SharePoint would be an advantage in this role.

Applicants will have a good standard of education with relevant office experience and be able to work under pressure to meet specified deadlines.

All our office-based roles are working to a hybrid model - working from home if you wish to do so with attendance at the office to support face-to-face and team meetings.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 22 October 2026

All other applicants closing date: 29 October 2026