Senior Personal Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service
Crown Prosecution Service
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £28,200 - £30,560- + £3,150 RRA
Job grade:


  • Executive Officer
  • B1
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • CPS
  • Special Crime & Counter Terrorism Division
    Type of role:
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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Job summary:


Committed to professional growth, the CPS offers all their staff with clear progression pathways and a diverse range of learning and development opportunities, to progress your career in a supportive environment, whilst also gaining access to various promotion opportunities.


At the CPS we pride ourselves on providing a variety of benefits that ensure our employees' requirements are at the core.

This includes wellbeing support, flexible working, civil service pension scheme, access to employee savings including high street retailer offers and discounts and 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service.


Working for the Crown Prosecution Service you will also gain access to a range of learning and development activities, including through Civil Service Learning and an individual learning account in addition to any central and local development opportunities and requirements.


Please note, the following is considered essential experience for this role:


  • Experience of providing administrative support:
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Excellent communication and organisation
Please note, the following is considered desirable experience for this role:

  • Diary Management
  • Minute taking
  • Experience of organising meetings for Senior Leadership
  • Checking accuracy of written work

Job description:


To work closely with senior managers, providing them with administrative and practical support, freeing up their time to focus on their critical strategic and operational responsibilities.

Being trusted to handle sensitive aspects of operational and personnel work considerately and in confidence.

To liaise with CPS officials and other government departments and agencies on a range of issues as required.


To provide advice to senior managers as to the protocols and approaches to be taken on various organisational and procedural issues.


To act as the main liaison point for the senior manager (and their team as the occasion demands) with other government departments, agencies, various external organisations and the public.


Person specification:

Liaison with key internal and external stakeholders including other government departments, non governmental organisations and the public;
Diary, organisational and logístical management, including managing diary conflicts and prioritising key issues;
Organising and facilitating internal and external conferences;
Drafting agendas and minutes;
Coordinating internal submissions, including drafting and proofreading;
Creating internal reports;
Research;
Following operational procedures and where appropriate creating and
improving new processes;

Assisting the Complaints Coordinator with the monitoring and co-ordination of Parliamentary communications and complaints and ensuring strict deadlines are adhered too.


Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Delivering at Pace

Benefits:


Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and have a future that matters: Find Your Purpose
CPS is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work.

We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.


  • We want to ensure all our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes where possible, flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment, which means that where you work (i.e. a court, an office, or a remote setting such as your home) will be based on the kind of work you are undertaking.
  • This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility alongside our Mental Health First Aiders Programme and Wellbeing Sessions.
  • CPS
commits to offer its employees the following experience
  • Impactful, purposeful work making a difference to your local communities
  • The ability to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources
  • To care about your wellbeing
  • To feel valued, trusted and included

We also offer the following range of benefits:

  • Civil Service Pension
  • Access to employee savings
  • Cycle2Work scheme
  • 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service.
  • 1 extra privilege day entitlement to mark the King's Birthd
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