Senior PA to Directors - Flexible, Impactful Admin

Nottingham City Council; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council is seeking a well-organised Personal Assistant to provide high-level support to the Secretariat Business Support Team and Directors. The role involves confidential PA duties, diary management, and coordinating meetings, travel, and events.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong organisational skills, experience in minute taking, and proficiency in MS Office, with the ability to work under pressure in a busy office and maintain professional, courteous

Qualifications

• Have a good standard of education to include English and Mathematics at GCSE at Grade 9-4, NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration.
• Proven significant experience of providing high level PA support to Senior Managers including answering general routine correspondence on behalf of senior managers and provide quality customer service and information to staff and customers.
• Experience in 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. 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
• Experience of working within a busy office environment including a range of admin procedures in diary management and facilitating meetings. Be able to work effectively and efficiently as part of a team and independently.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential PA support to the Director and Assistant Directors and other managers.
• Manage electronic diary systems, arrange appointments/meetings/travel arrangements and events.
• Screen visitors, calls, emails and other inquiries to provide a high level of customer care.
• Prioritise workloads and ensure appropriate cover daily.
• Work in a demanding environment, flexibly, and manage a high volume of tasks, including prioritisation and delegation.

Skills

PA experience

Diary management

MS Office

Organisational skills

Communication

Minute taking

Typing speed

Education

GCSE English/Maths

NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration

Tools

Word

Excel

Teams

PowerPoint

Job description

Leicestershire County Council is seeking a well-organised Personal Assistant to provide high-level support to the Secretariat Business Support Team and Directors. The role involves confidential PA duties, diary management, and coordinating meetings, travel, and events.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong organisational skills, experience in minute taking, and proficiency in MS Office, with the ability to work under pressure in a busy office and maintain professional, courteous