Grounds Maintenance Business Support Officer
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 9RL |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75772803 |
Summary
Join Our Team Business Support Officer (Grounds Maintenance)
About the Role
We’re looking for a Business Support Officer to join our Streetscene Greenspaces & Pest Control Service, supporting the effective delivery of our Grounds Maintenance operations. This is a key role providing comprehensive administrative and clerical support to ensure smooth service delivery.
Working as part of a collaborative team, you’ll handle a variety of tasks including processing orders and invoices, managing timesheets, maintaining records, and supporting project work. You’ll also play a vital role in customer serviceliaising with colleagues, partners, and members of the public to resolve enquiries and maintain high standards of service.
What We’re Looking For
You’ll bring experience in administration and clerical work, with strong IT skills across word processing, spreadsheets, and databases. You’ll be highly organised, able to prioritise and meet deadlines, and confident in supporting projects from start to finish. Excellent communication and customer service skills are essential, along with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Providing administrative support
- Processing orders, invoices, and timesheets
- Managing complaints and enquiries using relevant systems
- Supporting project work and maintaining accurate records
- Assisting with Health & Safety compliance and service development
For full details, please refer to the attached job description.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Kevin Dickinson, Service Manager for Greenspaces and Pest Control - k.dickinson@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held Week commencing 12th January 2026
Supporting Documents
↗ Privacy Notice↗ Job Description
↗ Work Demands Assessment (JA1)
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