Assistant / Executive Assistant to CEO - Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Northamptonshire Sport

Description

The council's Senior Executive Assistants play a vital role in providing executive support to the council's Corporate Leadership Team. As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will provide executive support to one of the council's corporate leadership team members. You will also coordinate the executive support provided to the wider Corporate Leadership Network including Assistant Directors.
As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will be experienced, confident, discreet and able to work under significant pressure.

You will need to be able to work under minimal supervision, working alone and as part of an extended team.

As a Senior Executive Assistant, you will have a range of responsibilities including:
Undertake research and project development work on behalf of CLT as required.

Deal with Member and MP enquiries, and co-ordinate and draft responses to these enquiries, in conjunction with the relevant officers and corporate complaints team.

Manage the time commitments of CLT, based upon guidance received, in liaison with other CLT support staff, senior managers, other staff, Members and external organisations and individuals.

You will have a recognised/ appropriate training for example: RSA (Royal Society of Arts) / OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA), BTEC (Business and Technology Education Council) or equivalent vocational qualifications and Level 3 qualification in Business Admin or equivalent experience.

You will be competent in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point and MS Teams

Excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate at all levels and have report writing skills will be essential.

An understanding of financial management systems will be an advantage, as will experience of providing support at Executive Director level and experience of supervising others.

a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country.

Our vision for North Northants is to be'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
helping people live active fulfilled lives
caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
providing modern public services
Location North Northamptonshire Various Locations/ Agile Working, United Kingdom

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