Executive Assistant to the Mayor

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Newham to assist with the appointment of an Executive Assistant to the Mayor, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.,

• Working with minimal supervision, but as an integral cog in the Mayors Office team, to provide high-level administrative support service to the Mayor.
• Enabling the Mayor to make best use of her time and maximise her impact by managing her complex and changing diary accurately and in a way that reflects her priorities and her preferred ways of working, ensuring all the relevant arrangements are in place for any work meeting or event and that the Mayor is appropriately accompanied and briefed.
• Supporting the Mayor with other administrative tasks, eg managing inboxes, recording gifts and hospitality, managing sign-off of key decisions, drafting short letters, applying for annual parking permits, etc.
• Liaising with other members of the Mayors Office team to ensure that collectively we provide seamless support, including by keeping them abreast of the Mayors schedule and forward plans, and by triaging and highlighting issues coming into the office, including through the MayorPA inbox.
  
  Educated to A level or equivalent work experience.
• Experience of providing senior level executive support
• Experience of working with or having had some engagement with politicians