Personal Assistant- Secretariat Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-organised and resilient individual to join the Children and Family Services Business Support Team as a Personal Assistant. As a member of Children and Family Services you will be required to ensure the development of high quality financial and administrative support and systems. About the Role The successful candidate will provide day-to-day responsibility for supporting the Children and Family Services Directorate. This includes providing a confidential, comprehensive and professional Personal Assistant support service to the Director and Assistant Directors and other managers whilst liaising with staff at all levels internally, externally and across partner organisations. Also, the successful candidate will ensure that appropriate levels of support for staff are in place, including prioritisation and organisation of workloads, and ensuring appropriate levels of cover daily. The role will include managing electronic diary systems, arranging appointments / meetings / travel arrangements and events. The successful candidate will need to be able to receive visitors and respond to and screen telephone calls, emails and other enquiries to provide a high level of customer care. The role will suit someone who has previous experience as a PA and can work in a demanding environment including working flexibly and be responsible for managing a high volume of tasks, including prioritisation, delegation and responding as necessary. .

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Have a good standard of education to include English and Mathematics at GCSE Grade 9-4, NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration (or equivalent)
• Experienced in answering general routine correspondence on behalf of senior managers with proven significant experience providing high level PA support to Senior Managers
• Experience of working within a busy office environment including administering and minuting meetings with fast, accurate typing and strong documentation production skills
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint
• Excellent organisational and planning skills including a high level of interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, including the ability to take clear messages and maintain up-to-date and accurate records
• Have a flexible approach and the ability to work under pressure dealing with changing deadlines and quantities of work.
• To be able to prioritise own workload and use initiative to work to deadlines without close supervision
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we'd love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. Without this information, we won't be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.