Personal Assistant-Secretariat Team

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary: £29,550 - £32,055 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 22nd November 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

Anexcitingopportunity has arisen for a well-organised and resilient individual to join the Secretariat Business Support Teamas aPersonal Assistant.

As a member of the Secretariat Team, youwillbe required to ensure the development of high quality administrative support and systems.

The successful candidate will provide day-to-day responsibility for supporting the Children and Family Services Directorate.

This includes providing a confidential, comprehensive, and professional Personal Assistant support service to the Director and Assistant Directors and other managers whilst liaising with staff at all levels internally, externally and across partner organisations.

Also, the successful candidate will ensure that appropriate levelsof support for staff are in place, including prioritisation and organisation of workloads, and ensuring appropriate levelsof cover daily.

The role will include managing electronic diary systems, arranging appointments / meetings / travel arrangements and events. The successful candidate will need to be able toreceiveand visitors and screen telephone calls, emails, and other enquiries to provide a high level of customer care.

The role will suit someone who has previous experience as a PA and can work in a demanding environment including working flexibly and be responsible for managing a high volume of tasks, including prioritisation, delegation and responding, as necessary.

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Have a good standard of education to include English and Mathematics at GCSE at Grade 9-4, NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration.
• Proven significant experience of providing high level PA support to Senior Managers including answering general routine correspondence on behalf of senior managers and provide quality customer service and information to staff and customers.
• Experience in administering and minuting meetings with fast, accurate typing and strong documentation production skills & excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, and Power Point
• Excellent organisational and planning skills. High level of interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, including the ability to take clear messages and maintain up-to-date and accurate records
• Experience of working within a busy office environment including a range of admin procedures in diary management and facilitating meetings. Be able to work effectively and efficiently as part of a team and independently.
• Have a flexible approach and the ability to work under pressure dealing with changing deadlines and quantities of work.
• To be able to prioritise own workload and use initiative to work to deadlines without close supervision.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

Kelly Wells, Business and HR Co-ordinator

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