Leadership Assistant

Job description

Leadership Assistant

Permanent, Fll Time

£6,19 to £3,739 Per Annm

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: Thrsday 8th October 6 at 11.59pm

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants mst have a crrent, nrestricted right to work in the K.

To read more abot or bsiness area, please visit: Place and Cstomer

Interview date: TBC

The Role

Yo mst have previos Leadership Assistant experience or eqivalent.

Pressrised fast paced role spporting nmeros Directors within the Corporate Centre.

The Opportnity

Leadership and Cabinet Spport provide a flexible and agile service to senior leaders, enabling them to achieve strategic goals.

Leadership Assistants will primarily spport a specific fnctional area, providing efficient administration services inclding effective diary and inbox management as agreed. Preparation of correspondence, arranging events and spporting key meetings.

This role reqires excellent organisational skills and the ability to bild strong working relationships with stakeholders at senior level, inclding leadership teams. With experience of working within a bsiness spport environment and delivering a complete range of administrative tasks, inclding meeting spport, diary management and tracking progress against agreed actions.

Accontabilities

Work closely with senior leaders, Exective Assistant and spport colleages, to deliver a professional, spport service to enhance the effectiveness of the Fnctional Leadership Team.

Responsible for proactive management of senior leader's diaries, ensring appropriate se of time, provision of meeting materials, arranging sitable venes and eqipment and booking travel if reqired.

Responsible for management of senior leader's emails, post and calls, prioritising items for attention, according to sensitivity, confidentiality and contention. sing professional jdgement and working knowledge to resolve isses where appropriate.

Provides a range of meeting spport services inclding docmentation preparation and circlation, minte taking where bsiness critical.

Develop and maintain electronic filing systems which ensre correspondence and data are effectively monitored.

Responsible for managing confidential information appropriately, collating and distribting political and sensitive information in line with policy and procedres.

Contribtes to the effective management of the Complaints process.

Specific individal and shared targets andobjectivesare defined annally within the performance management framework.

The Experience Yo Will Bring

Edcated to level , (GCSE) or eqivalent by experience.

Evidence of contining professional development and good knowledge in relevant professional area.

Evidence of working within a bsiness spport environment. Experience of delivering personal and meeting spport inclding prioritising competing demands is essential.

Experience of managing information and data record systems, with good analytical and research skills.

Experience of working closely with senior leaders, in a complex bsiness environment.

Strong commnication skills with proven ability to translate information/data in a clear way, to a wide range of adiences.

Ability to deliver organisational and cltral change, which leads to continos improvement and innovation in service delivery.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic K local athorities, Essex offers a stimlating pblic service environment. Covering over 1,4 sqare miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we're committed to transformational change and delivering better qality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for prodctivity, we ensre everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focs on innovation, whether yo are looking to develop yor career or contribte to the local commnity, Essex is the ideal place for yo.

In March 6, Greater Essex was accepted on to the devoltion priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined Conty Athority. Yo can read more abot these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on or careers site.

Essex Conty Concil is prod to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply nder or Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimm reqirements of the job. Please speak to or Recriters if yo reqire any reasonable adjstments dring the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimm reqirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once yo've secred yor role within Essex Conty Concil yo will receive many great employee benefits, inclding spport for npaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex Conty Concil, we vale integrity and ethical behavior. We kindly ask that yo embrace or code of condct and the Nolan principles, inclding throghot the recritment process. Yor commitment to these standards helps s maintain a positive and respectfl workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex Conty Concil (ECC) shold yor role reqire a DBS check yo will be reqired to register with the DBS pdate service. The DBS pdate service ensres all registered DBS certificates are kept p to date and allows athorised parties to view the stats of yor certificate. This is an annal sbscription, and yo will be responsible for ensring this is maintained. For frther information on the DBS pdate service please go to https://www.gov.k/dbs-pdate-service

Essex Conty Concil is committed to safegarding and promoting the welfare of children and vlnerable adlts, and expects all employees and volnteers to share this commitment.

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If yo have qeries on this role or reqire anything frther, please email [email protected]

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