Executive Liaison Lead – Onsite & Governance

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Basildon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Basildon Borough Council is advertising the Executive Liaison Support Supervisor role, based in Basildon, Essex. The post is full-time, temporary for 3 months with a 36.25 hour week and requires onsite presence at least 3 days per week.

The role sits in the Legal and Democracy Support Team, supervising specialist administrative staff and providing high-level support to the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Council, including diary management and responsive stakeholder liaison.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of providing high quality administrative support at a snr level.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present a range of complex and detailed financial and other issues to a diverse audience.
• Advanced IT skills, in particular excel, including the ability to design, construct and interpret complex spreadsheets, business plans and financial models.
• Excellent organisational skills, with experience in keeping timely, complete and accurate records, resource planning and prioritisation of a heavy and diverse workload
• Experience of working within local government or similar organisation

Responsibilities

• Act as a go-to resource for expertise in specialist support services to the Council’s executive and provide to support for the Mayor, Deputy Mayor of the Council;
• Ensure that all duties of the support and specialist support officers are undertaken to a high standard, managing the allocation of resources within the Support Team ensuring that this is allocated according to priorities which may change from time to time, organising busy periods and diary management to ensure that the team is covered to take ad-hoc requests in addition to the standard workload.
• Work closely with the other Supervisors within the service and the elections specialist to ensure appropriate support is planned for and provided throughout the year ensuring council priorities and objectives are met and statutory responsibilities complied with whilst remaining agile to ensure the support function is able to respond to any changes and peak periods.
• To maintain a general awareness of local government functions and governance arrangements to ensure informed support and guidance can be provided.
• To attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders including as a representative of the Council as required. Liaising with internal and external services, stakeholders, partners and customers in support of the aims and objectives of the Council
• Handle escalated concerns, high-level complaints, FOIs, EIRs, SARs with professionalism and urgency, ensuring timely resolution

Skills

Senior admin support

Diary management

Stakeholder liaison

Oral and written communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

Basildon Borough Council is advertising the Executive Liaison Support Supervisor role, based in Basildon, Essex. The post is full-time, temporary for 3 months with a 36.25 hour week and requires onsite presence at least 3 days per week.

The role sits in the Legal and Democracy Support Team, supervising specialist administrative staff and providing high-level support to the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Council, including diary management and responsive stakeholder liaison.