Personal Assistant to Director - Antrim, United Kingdom - Barnardo's

Barnardo's
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A rare opportunity has arisen to join the Northern Ireland Children's Services Region. We are looking for a Personal Assistant to the Director Children's Services of Barnardo's Northern Ireland, Michele Janes.


If you are looking to work for an organisation which supports and values its staff, provides a good work life balance, supports flexible working and provides ongoing training for you to do your job
and make a difference to the lives of children and young people then Barnardo's could be the place for you.


As one of the largest children's charities in the UK, we provide outstanding Health and Social Care services to vulnerable children, young people and their families.

We hold children and young people at the heart of all our decision making and getting better outcomes for more children is what we do.

This role needs you to be highly organised, flexible with great communication skills, superb time management and the ability to work confidentially


Your activities will include:
- diary management
- travel booking in the most efficient way
- setting up meetings, venues, agendas, taking notes and disseminating them
- maintain a clear and logical filing system
- undertake basic projects for the Regional Director and wider regional management team
- managing a small team of administrators
- draft reports and other written documents
- be a conduit for information sharing and the first point of contact for the office of the Director Children's Services


The ability and desire to build effective working relationships is crucial to the role, as is being calm under pressure and being able to meet deadlines.

This is a role for an exceptional person and we will provide exceptional support and a positive working experience for you.


Essential Criteria
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Successful experience of working as a personal assistant/admin support to senior management:


  • Demonstrable experience of appropriate handling of confidential or sensitive information:
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Fully computer literate including the Microsoft Office suite of programmes:

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Experience of managing others:

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Highly organised and capable of maintaining efficient systems
Desirable Criteria

  • Experience of project management
  • Demonstrable experience of using a range of management information systems
  • Barnardo's use D365


For this post there will be an expectation to be based within the Northern Ireland region and have the ability to travel on occasion as is required.


Location:
NI Regional Office. Hybrid working can be negotiated


Hours: 36.25 per week


Salary:
£26,520 - £32,604


Closing:
Sunday 2 June 2024 at midnight


Interview Date:
Tuesday 11 June 2024 in NI Regional Office


We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.

We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.


  • Pay & Reward Framework
  • We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's _values_.

    We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

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  • For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our _People & Culture_ Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay._
  • Benefits

Workplace Offer:
What it means for you

The world of work has changed.

We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.

This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.


  • Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their worklife balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
  • 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
  • The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
  • Service related sick pay from day
  • Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay vi
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