Business Support Assistant (Hybrid Working)

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Business Support Assistant - London/Manchester/Bristol/Glasgow or Birmingham

We are looking for a Business Support Assistant to join our MMB Business on a permanent basis.

You will be an essential part of a highly skilled team by collaborating with our client facing colleagues, providing administrative support to consultants and teams.

You will provide administrative support services to professional and management staff, scheduling meetings, travel and creating documents using PowerPoint, Excel, and Word to ensure all documents produced adhere to established standards.

What can you expect?

• An opportunity to join an established team
• A platform to build on existing knowledge and an opportunity to learn new skills in a continuous improvement environment
• To build and maintain an excellent rapport with our clients, providers and colleagues across the Group

What you will be rewarded with:

• We offer and embrace a hybrid working model that nurtures a collaborative working environment.
• Competitive Benefits Package including: 25 days annual leave, up to 4 days of flexible bank holidays, excellent pension contributions, private medical cover, life assurance, income protection, employee assistance program, plus a range of flexible benefits including the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday per year, cycle to work, dental insurance, health assessments plus many more.

We will rely on you to:

• To create documentation using PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• To schedule Zoom meetings, including the co-ordination of set up requirements to optimize management workflow
• To process expenses, book meetings, and format documentation
• Be highly professional with a proven ability to work in a consultative and collaborative manner
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Self-starter
• Results-driven with the persistence to get things done
• Takes ownership by focusing on quality and timeliness of delivery
• Aptitude for problem solving, with the ability to apply logic and experience to assist with the development of solutions for clients
• Intellectual curiosity and commitment to learning and growth
• Articulate and well organised

What you need to have:

• Intermediate Microsoft Office proficiency. You will mainly use Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Strong communication skills. You will collaborate with colleagues who are remote so the ability to communicate effectively is key.
• Exceptional time management skills. Although this role is highly collaborative, your work is also self-directed so you will need to effectively manage your time.
• Ability to multi-task to meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail is critical to ensure we’re providing accurate information to stakeholders

What makes you stand out:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Organisational and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Attention to detail

Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over $20 billion. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. For more information, visit mercer.com. Follow Mercer on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person. office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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