Personal Assistant

Opus LGSS ,
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £11 per hour

Overview

Job description Post title: Personal Assistant Salary grade: 11.02 PH Hours: Full time / 37 Location: One Angel Square, Northampton Service Area Children First Directorate Overall purpose of the post To provide a high level of flexible support to the Assistant Directors of Children First as part of the Senior Management Support Team. Principal responsibilities To maintain realistic and manageable diaries. To ensure all aspects of meetings/conferences are organised, agendas developed and prompt action taken maintaining timely responses to deadlines at all times. To attend and minute meetings as required. To remain conversant with workloads for Senior Management in order to assist with management of workload and field enquires on service issues. To undertake tasks for the corporate centre, project work and research as directed with minimal supervision. To receive, sort and prioritise mail, and emails, redirecting as appropriate and responding to all routine correspondence without direction To provide cover across the team as and when required. Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post. Education and Qualifications Able to demonstrate a good level general education to GCSE standard in Mathematics and English or equivalent. Advanced IT skills in MS Office NVQ 3 or equivalent, or willingness to train. Experience and Knowledge Previous experience of working as a Personal Assistant. Substantial experience in use of IT systems e.g. Word processing, spreadsheets, internet, Excel, power point. Appropriate level of data protection, security awareness and confidentiality awareness