Personal Assistant to Executive Team

Creative Support; Stockport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days leave

Enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support in Stockport is seeking a competent Personal Assistant to support the Executive team at our head office. You will work proactively with the senior management team to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard, manage complex diaries and travel arrangements, and liaise with service users, staff and external stakeholders.

The role requires proven administration experience, strong IT skills, excellent communication, and the ability to handle confidential information.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in administration.
• Experience in the social care sector preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• High level of IT skill.
• Ability to plan and prioritise a varied workload.
• Confidentiality and professional discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality PA support to the Executive team.
• Coordinate diaries, meetings and travel for senior staff.
• Liaise with service users, staff and external stakeholders.
• Support with peaks in workload and deputise for colleagues when needed.
• Evening work to support board committees and duty manager service.

Skills

Administration

Communication

IT skills

Job description

£28,138.50 per annum

Stockport, Greater Manchester

Full-Time/Part-Time

Creative Support is an established not for profit social care company with an excellent reputation for the provision of high-quality services nationally. Part of our achievements are a 93% rating of Good or above with CQC (Care Quality Commission) supporting over 6,000 vulnerable adults nationally.

We are looking for a competent and caring individual who is flexible and interested in carrying out a diverse and rewarding role as a Personal assistant to the Executive team at our head office in Stockport. You will work proactively with the senior management team in order to task are completed to a high standard.

The successful post holder will have a proven experience in administration and preferably has some experience of the social care sector. You will be an excellent communicator verbally and in writing and have a high level of IT skill. You would be working within a busy and diverse head office team.

The post holder must be able to plan and prioritise a varied workload, exercising appropriate judgement and responding promptly and appropriately to all enquiries. The post holder will be required to handle information of a confidential nature and must observe the highest standards of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality. The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise professionally with service users, staff and external stakeholders. You will have the ability to understand planned national travel when required.

You will also form part of the wide experienced Head office PA team. The spirit of the PA department is very much a team approach with a diverse and interesting workload. A high degree of flexibility will be required to deputise for colleagues in their absence and support with peaks in workload. Several of the PA also have specialise lead in areas of the business, which will be considered for this post as it develops. The role is progressive and diverse. Some evening working required to facilitate board of trustee sub committees and our duty manager service biased at head office, these are planned well in advance.

This is a full-time role, however, part-time work with no less than 30 hours per week will be considered.

Vacancy Reference Number: 93847

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

• probationary bonus
• pension contributions
• 28 days Leave
• company paid enhanced DBS

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.