Personal Assistant
Wokingham Borough Council is seeking a Personal Assistant to provide essential support to the Council’s Leadership Team. The role involves managing diaries, organizing meetings, maintaining records, and creating documents, while also offering project support.
Responsibilities
- To work with some autonomy, to effectively deliver administrative support that meets the needs of the manager, service or project, seeking advice when required to effectively delegate or escalate enquiries
- Diary management and arranging meetings. Attend meetings as required to take and produce clear, concise minutes, ensure prompt circulation of these and manage the actions arising
- Support the operational and functional management of the service including the distribution of resources to meet customer and organisational needs, while supporting corporate initiatives
- Preparation of letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations with a high degree of confidentiality and accuracy
- Take ownership of calls/enquiries and ensure that outstanding tasks are followed up and dealt with to the satisfaction of both the customer and the Council
Skills
- Enthusiastic
- Discreet
- Flexible
- Resilient
- Ability to prioritise work effectively
- Excellent IT skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communicator
- ‘Can do' attitude
- Knowledge of Microsoft Teams
Benefits
- A generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
- Enrolment to an excellent local government pension scheme
- An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
- A range of local & lifestyle discounts
- Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
- Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
- And much more!
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