Executive Support Officer (part time, 21 hours) - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Parkinson's UK; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Executive Support Officer (part time, 21 hours) - 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Location Didsbury, Manchester

This is a Temporary , Part Time vacancy that will close 2 days ago at 23:59 BST .

The Vacancy

Executive Support Officer

This is a 12-month fixed-term, part-time contract (21 hours per week). Ideally, we’re looking for someone to work Monday to Wednesday, but we’re open to discussing alternative arrangements.

*Interview date - 27th May 2025*

You’ll provide effective and confidential support to the Executive Team; Directors and wider Senior Leadership Team.

What you’ll be doing

Providing confidential administrative support as necessary, including diary management, typing meeting and agenda management.

Attending meetings and taking accurate notes and minutes, maintaining decisions monitors and action monitors as required, ensuring that they are dispatched to agreed deadlines after the meeting and are followed up and reported on in a timely manner.

Carrying out additional administrative duties, including but not limited to, compiling documentation, obtaining signatures, invoice processing via ebis, completing team credit card reconciliations, makingtravel bookings and processing expense claims.

Acting as a key point of contact for the Executive and Directors, triaging enquiries and providing initial responses; escalating issues and complaints and responding as required to ensure the effective flow of information to internal and external stakeholders.

What you’ll need

Experience of working in a corporate support environment, including carrying out duties including minute taking and meeting management.

Excellent use of the full range of Microsoft Office

Ability to work flexibly and to complete tasks in an accurate and timely manner when working under pressure and with conflicting deadlines.

Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative

Ability to work with a high level of tact, diplomacy and discretion when working with sensitive information.

What we need from you

A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing

A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities

A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places

A commitment to continuous learning and improvement

Ability to work flexibly and when needed to ensure service continuity

An ability to work in uncertainty.

To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

Pension ¦ DC scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleagues and Great Places)

WPA ¦ Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available - option to increase & add family members

Annual leave ¦ Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays

Greater Working ¦ We offer hybrid and flexible working

Professional fees ¦The business pays the cost of one professional membership fee for each colleague

The Market Place ¦ high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

Health and wellbeing initiatives ¦Our colleagues enjoy wellbeing campaigns throughout the year, with activities designed around our four pillars of wellbeing, these include career wellbeing, mental wellbeing, physical wellbeing and financial wellbeing

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The Company

Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25,000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord, providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant, sustainable communities.

You can find details of our story, our vision and our values here .

At Great Places, we are committed to using inclusive hiring practices.By embracing diversity and difference, we enrich our teams with varied perspectives, drive, and innovation to create an environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures and are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone can be their authentic self; building a workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We want to create a recruitment process that allows you to perform at your best! Should you need any support or information throughout the process, please reach out to our recruitment team [e-mail] .

The Benefits

Pension

Pension

DC Scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places)

WPA

WPA

Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available- option to increase & add on family members

The Market Place

The Market Place

High street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

Annual Leave

Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days within 5 years+ Bank Holidays

Reward & Recognition

Reward & Recognition

You Count Rewards are individual reward’s for going ‘above & beyond’

For more information about our benefits and rewards, visitour careers page .

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