Executive Support Officer

Tameside Council, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

Executive Support Officer

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Tameside Council, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 1 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 5051bb0c2d0944cd9b1c8387f6c97824

Full Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Personal Executive Assistant to provide pivotal executive/administrative support to a Senior Leadership Team, Director. The successful candidate with be office based and will be highly skilled at managing priorities and thinking on their feet. They will be expected to provide effective and efficient high-level executive support, including prioritisation of work, diary management, meetings management and communication, document production, quality assurance and governance. Ensuring all aspects of the administration, planning and coordination of work streams are managed effectively and efficiently.,

  • Act as the first point of contact for Director and Assistant Directors (where required) and, maintain the effective working of their offices in their absence
  • Maintain the highest level of confidentiality and adherence to policies and procedures.
  • Manage diaries by scheduling, prioritising and managing appointments, travel arrangements and papers for meetings
  • Managing correspondence, track incoming and outgoing correspondence and ensure replies are produced within the required timeframe.
  • Read and prioritise incoming correspondence and prepare draft responses as appropriate. Ensure that cyclical and management deadlines for reports, reviews, budgets are met.
  • Maintain effective communication and working relationships with key partners and stakeholders at an operational level; the organisation's senior management team and key internal and external stakeholders.
  • Provide advice and support to stakeholders.
  • Undertake research and other activities as required.
  • Attend specific meetings and take notes, draft minutes and action recommendations as required

    This position will suit a team player who is happy to be flexible to the needs of the team and the business, with a 'can-do' attitude. As part of group of support staff, you will work closely and in tune with other PAs, providing support for them during busy periods or leave.
  • The successful candidate will have a customer service mindset, excellent technical skills and the ability to keep up to date with current and emerging technology. Will also will need to demonstrate experience of providing exceptional administrative support and be required to work on your own initiative whilst being dedicated and working in a fast paced, highly professional and confidential manner., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

    At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.