Senior Personal Assistant & Governance Specialist

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Oldham Council is seeking an experienced Personal Assistant / Higher Level Business Support Officer to provide dedicated business, governance and executive support to the Deputy Director of Adult Social Care.

The role covers coordinating senior management activities, supporting governance and assurance processes, maintaining performance information and ensuring key projects and workstreams are monitored effectively. Strong organisational skills and discretion are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant or senior business support in a public sector or local authority setting.
• Experience supporting senior managers or directors, coordinating meetings, agendas and minutes, and maintaining action trackers.
• Strong MS Office skills and ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Governance and meeting coordination: prepare papers, circulate documents and take minutes.
• Performance and reporting: maintain dashboards, collate data and generate briefing materials.
• Executive support: manage complex diaries, prepare reports and correspondence.
• Team/workload coordination: monitor workloads and maintain team action plans.
• Project/programme support: track milestones, gather evidence for reporting and support procurement or mobilisation.

Skills

Personal Assistant

Executive Support

Senior Business Support

Meeting coordination

Minutes taking

Governance support

Data / performance reporting

MS Office

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Oldham Council is seeking an experienced Personal Assistant / Higher Level Business Support Officer to provide dedicated business, governance and executive support to the Deputy Director of Adult Social Care.

The role covers coordinating senior management activities, supporting governance and assurance processes, maintaining performance information and ensuring key projects and workstreams are monitored effectively. Strong organisational skills and discretion are essential.