Business Support Manager- 12 month FTC

Working at Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is more than just a job. It’s a career. It’s a community of people who invest in your development and empower you to blaze your own trail. Each of us is here to create real, measurable impact that moves needles. We operate beyond "roles" or "jobs" to realize the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a bigger idea. Because we believe that when you build a workforce that’s designed to harness human enterprise, you design a workforce that’s built for impact.

At AGS, we help companies all over the world transform their people into a competitive advantage. It’s not about filling seats. It’s about designing workforces to meet missions and unleash the most transformative power in business today: The power of human enterprise.

With services around the globe, we have a point of view on the future of work that enables us to be a transformative partner in the way work gets done for our clients’ organizations. Meeting clients where they are, we design a plan and guide them along a transformational journey, applying bold actions and diverse minds to solve the most complex challenges – from permanent and extended workforce management to services procurement, consulting, direct sourcing and our Universal Workforce Model™.

We also represent over 100 countries and speak dozens of languages. So as you’re building relationships and doing your job, you’ll be exposed to other cultures and advancement opportunities while expanding your knowledge of global markets and strategies.

Job Description

The Field Support team is responsible for the full contractor lifecycle including on/off-boarding, payroll, and customer support. The Business Support Manager (BSM) is a natural leader who is able to inspire others and drive results. The BSM oversees and ensures operational compliance to policies and procedures, maintains day to day management of, and provides development to, the Business Support Team.

Serving as the primary point of contact for the Field and partnering with PMO, the BSM ensures ongoing quality and consistency of service as it relates to our candidates, contract employees, clients, and internal partners.

Core Responsibilities

Internal Recruiting

Recruit, interview, hire, manage and offboard Field Support personnel for their assigned team

Conduct internal new hire orientation

Ensure the consistency, quality, and timeliness of new hire onboarding process, including ordering any necessary equipment/technology and ensuring it is ready prior to their start data

Team Development

Accountable for the training and development of Field Support personnel, managed through regular performance assessments and goal setting

Drives results through day to day management of team, reviewing performance against targets and the success of, and compliance with operational processes.

Ensure FSG team’s daily execution of tasks/activities reflect our organizational philosophies (Guiding Principles, 1:24 Rule, Team Rule)

Evaluate talent and work with individual team members to build development plans, which align to individual and business goals

Inspire and motivate team to create a high-performance environment

Set clear performance expectations, ensure compliance and recognize success

Support ad-hoc duties

Customer Service

Responsible for the delivery of the highest level of customer service, both internal and external
Partner with internal leaders and department managers to address escalated issues and/or special projects and ensure timely resolution with appropriate follow up
Build and maintain effective working relationships with PMO to support team and business objectives
Provide weekly performance updates to Head of Field Support

Operational Excellence

Encourages a culture of accountability and open communication by setting realistic and personal stretch objectives to drive their team to achieve peak productivity

Manages, coaches and develops their team

Track and review individual, divisional and office performance on a regular basis against Scorecard. Identify areas of improvement and implement updates with training as needed.

Maintain a high-level overview of key systems and processes, acting as SME for the team and retain the capability to undertake BSA’s duties if required in order to maintain service delivery

Serve as an escalation point for complex enquiries and act as final point of escalation on issues relating to customer account issues

Able to quickly analyse and respond to multiple situations, ensuring prompt resolution

Supports Head of Field Support in creating the department’s strategic objectives and pro-actively communicates and drives the strategic vision with their team

Continually demonstrates and drives the value proposition of the Field Support programme

Engage with key stakeholders to drive process improvement and efficiency

Responsible for auditing business critical data

Special projects as assigned

Qualifications

Ability to inspire and drive action

Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills

Confident, assertive and resilient

Excellent written/oral communication

Thinks and acts with perspective

Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Seeks growth and self-improvement through feedback

Action and detail oriented; able to prioritize while handling multiple tasks

Works with urgency where required and maintains a high level of customer focus

Strong decision making ability; is looked to for direction in a crisis

Strategically plans ways to demonstrate superior customer service

Builds a network of professional partnerships by seeking out and strengthening relationships both internally and externally

Ability to initiate action in order to accomplish goals or develop self without explicit instructions

Ability to tackle complex issues and develop innovative, practical solutions

Can effectively communicate the rationale for change and orchestrate the pace for change to maintain operating effectiveness

Thorough knowledge of business policies and relevant human resource practices.

Understanding of the Allegis organization; context, complexity, dynamics, key issues and drivers

Experience of managing a small to medium sized team

Creates an inclusive work environment that encourages, embraces, values and respects the unique talent, ideas and skills each employee contributes

Ability to assess direct report performance. Identify areas of improvement and provide coaching/training when required

Interpret business critical information and understand how this data is used to make decisions and drive action

Additional Information

At AGS we operate a hybrid working policy – we recognise individuals want the flexibility of working from home but with the option to be in an office when needed. Our UK AGS office locations are Bracknell, London and Birmingham with client site locations across the UK. If you’re lucky enough to be within a commutable distance of one of our AGS collaborative offices, this will be your allocated work home but you’ll still have the piece of mind to flex your working week accordingly. On occasion some of our job adverts will state an in-office/on-site need but rest assured you’ll be with a wonderful team to work, develop and grow.

We want everyone to be able to perform at their best during our recruitment process and as a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long‑term condition who best meet the minimum or essential criteria for the role. We want our recruitment process to be inclusive and accessible to all, so if you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any adjustments, changes or do anything differently, please let us know by emailing EMEAAGSTAPTeam@allegisglobalsolutions.com and we will do our best to make suitable arrangements.