Business and Community Assistant

Join one of the UK’s foremost Business Improvement Districts in an excellent administrative support role with a special emphasis on business networking events, customer service and community engagement. This job is a great opportunity for someone wanting to progress in administration, office management, customer service, corporate responsibility or events and Better Bankside is prepared to support opportunities for professional development for the right candidate. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The ideal candidate is an excellent administrator who is also a confident, professional and welcoming first point of call for people coming into contact with Better Bankside. The right person will use their superior organisational skills, initiative and attention to detail to provide administrative support to the Better Bankside office and to help coordinate events and services for businesses, employees and community partners. The right candidate will take satisfaction from the admin processes and excellent customer service which underpin a busy and rewarding workplace.

Better Bankside is a Business Improvement District (BID) in Southwark, London. Its job is to make Bankside a thriving place to work, live and visit. Better Bankside was formally established in 2005 and was the third BID in the UK, the second in London and the first south of the river.
A Business Improvement District (BID) is an independent, business-owned and led company, which seeks to improve a given location for commercial activity. Better Bankside's members are the 480+ companies in the BID area (between Blackfriars Bridge in the west and London Bridge in the east, and south from the River as far as Union Street and Borough Station) who pay its annual 'levy'. Many of these are heavily involved in the governance of the company.