PA / Executive Support

An exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in, the highways and transport sector and local government. The successful applicant will provide business support for the Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+); working with the MHA+ team to deliver the key objective of supporting 25% of England's local highway authorities to provide effective, efficient, innovative, and sustainable highways services. About the Role You will provide a full confidential Personal Assistant support service to the MHA+ Manager and other managers, including arranging appointments and meetings, making travel arrangements, and preparing and collating papers. You will provide general administrative support to the team as required by the MHA+ Manager, including organising and attending a variety of meetings and events; taking accurate minutes; managing and coordinating correspondence; taking appropriate action to record, track, progress and prioritise work; receiving visitors and responding to telephone calls, emails and other enquiries to provide a high level of customer care; managing information securely; researching, collating, disseminating and filing material and assisting the departmental business support service across the wider department. You will enjoy working with diverse customers and priorities, maintaining positive and co-operative working relationships within the team and department and with local authority customers and colleagues across the County Council, MHA+ membership and the industry. You will have the skills to ensure activities are delivered in the most efficient and effective manner possible, making a positive difference to the efficiency of our services. In return, you will gain an insight into the work of MHA+ and the department as well as gain experience in working collaboratively with local highway authorities, contractors, consultants and industry partners at every level and get involved in delivering interesting and innovative projects and events., We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to be able communicate with and respond confidently to customers and colleagues at all levels whilst maintaining an objective and professional stance.
• Excellent organisational skills with accuracy and attention to detail and the ability to prioritise work within tight timescales whilst working under pressure.
• Have the ability to work as part of a team and to build strong relationships.
• Excellent IT skills.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.