Personal Assistant to Executive Director of Housing and Regeneration

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PA to the Director of Housing and Regeneration. Housing and Regeneration is a fast paced environment with a broad remit covering housing development and estate regeneration, the delivery of services to council tenants and the delivery of Housing Advisory Services and solutions for people facing homelessness. We are looking for a dynamic individual to provide confidential, high quality and comprehensive administrative, secretarial and PA support to the Director of Housing and Regeneration.

The post holder will be expected to work effectively as part of the team to support the Senior Management Team (SMT). This will include setting up, maintaining and reviewing processes and systems to ensure effective day to day operation of the department, in accordance with relevant legislation and statutory requirements.

This is a great opportunity to work with Senior Managers and partners.

• Provide confidential, high quality administrative, secretarial and PA support to the Director of Housing and Regeneration.
• Work effectively as part of the team to support the Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Set up, maintain and review processes and systems to ensure smooth day‑to‑day operation of the department in accordance with relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
• Demonstrate problem solving, planning, organising and prioritising to meet deadlines with a positive, can‑do attitude.

• Highly skilled administrator with strong problem solving abilities.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise to meet deadlines.
• Proactive and capable of gaining a broad oversight of how a busy Housing and Regeneration Department runs.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact the team for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit. For access difficulties, please contact relevant details provided by the organisation.

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service, plus eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme for advice and counselling services for staff and their families.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax‑free bikes for work.
• 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers in Children's Social Care.

• We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
• If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, a second application will not be considered.
• Certain posts in the Council are politically restricted; staff in these posts may not undertake political activities in or outside the workplace, and candidates affiliated with any political party may not have their application progressed.
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