Executive Officer - London, United Kingdom - London Borough of Camden

London Borough of Camden

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Salary:
£40,652

Job Grade:
Level 4, Zone 1

Work Location:
Unit 1B, Berol House, 25 Ashley Road, London, N17 9LJ with opportunity for home/remote working

Hours per week: 36

Contract Type:
Permanent

Closing date:
Friday 23rd June 17:00

Interviews to be held:

TBC

Alternative flexible working options available/open to discussion

Employed by the London Borough of Camden the Executive Officer will be based in North London Waste Authority (NLWA), serving Camden and six other north London boroughs.

About the Role

We have fantastic opportunities for experienced Executive Officers to join the NLWA Corporate Services team in supporting the Managing Director, Director of Corporate Services and Programme Director to provide professional and excellent Executive support that enables them to focus on managing the strategic direction of the Authority.

As part of the support, you will be expected to take lead responsibility for ensuring the efficient smooth running of the Director's daily operations, managing a busy schedule through effective diary management, and meeting planning, proactively ensuring the best use of time, ensuring strict deadlines and timescales are met and using knowledge and judgement to help the organisation achieve its priorities.

You will be required to represent and communicate on behalf of the Directors' building productive working relationships both internally and externally.

Maintain political awareness, sensitivity, confidentiality and discretion to address these appropriately and ensure extremely high levels of customer service are delivered, ensuring that strong relations and coordination are maintained with constituent boroughs and wider organisations (eg the Greater London Authority, London Environment Directors Network).

The postholder will be expected advocate new ways of working and provide innovative and imaginative solutions to support to the Directors'.

This could include the adoption and trialling of the use of technology. You will collaborate with and support the wider organisation with administrative and project support.

About You
Are you experienced and looking for a role with development opportunities? Are you looking for your next challenge? Key duties of the role will include:
Excellent organisation skills and the ability to effectively multi-task and respond to the changing priorities of the Directors'.

High levels of initiative in the initiation of activity and commissioning of work to others and the ability to follow through actions to ensure that progress is made, and that others keep to deadlines.

Strong literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to research and analyse information and produce high quality reports, presentations and briefings in a meaningful format.

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to changing use of IT to support changes in ways of working, such as the use of desk top publishing software and the ability and experience to tailor / establish PowerPoint presentations on behalf of the Directors'

Ability to communicate effectively, negotiating and influencing with a wide range of stakeholders, whilst showing a high level of diplomacy and confidentiality in the provision of excellent customer care.

Adapt style according to the audience and the needs of others.

Ability to work flexibly, balancing competing priorities of self and others, to ensure that deadlines are met whilst understanding the needs, timescales and deadlines of others, enabling the delivery of organisational objectives.

This will mean the ability to work under pressure, whilst maintaining strong attention to detail, and proactively use own initiative to make informed decisions and considered judgements.

Ability to work as part of a team including experience of working directly with senior officers in a support capacity and manage the workflow to ensure that all aspects of work are managed with considerable attention to detail.

In addition to, experience of working with multiple stakeholders, including elected Members / politicians and other senior officials.

Facilitation and coordination of new starter induction as directed, which will include collating information, venue arrangements and managing RSVPs. Be flexible on dealing with a range of activities at work with a "can-do" attitude.

For more information regarding this role please refer to the job profile.

About NLWA

North London Waste Authority serves 2 million residents in the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest.

We manage about a quarter of all the rubbish and recycling in London and run programmes to help residents and businesses reduce their waste and recycle more.

Our mission is to preserve resources and the environment for future generations and make sure that waste is disposed of in an environmentally responsible way.