Personal Assistant

Personal Assistant needed in Liverpool £18ph

PAYE - Reference: OR111603

• Answer telephone calls and deal with initial enquiries from members of the public, Senior Managers, people who use services, MPs and Elected Members etc. Filtering and directing incoming telephone queries where they cannot be resolved at first contact, identifying urgent/sensitive matters.
• Collate, disseminate and control the distribution of mail and other documentation and information received or originated by the Leadership Team member.
• Proactively screen the Leadership Team members emails for meeting requests/ meeting papers etc and ensure that these are either electronically filed or a hard copy produced as per individual needs.
• Maintain the electronic diary on behalf of the Leadership Team member, arranging meetings and events, booking venues, issuing invitations, preparing and obtaining background papers, briefing notes and speeches as directed.
• Manage correspondence, seek responses from relevant sources and draft responses as necessary.
• Ensure that systems operate for all correspondence to be correctly directed and responded to in a timely manner.
• Provide a progress chasing function to ensure speedy, accurate and effective follow up actions to maintain organisational standards.

This is a Full time role on a temporary basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.