Personal Assistant (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Salary: 28605 - 31029 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:22.2 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 1st March 2026

Interview Date(s): To be arranged

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Environment and Transport Department as a Personal Assistant supporting the Director Assistant Directors and senior managers. If you have significant experience as a PA and have exceptional organisational skills the ability to manage complex diaries confidential information and competing priorities with professionalism and discretion this role could be for you!

About the Role

To provide a full confidential Personal Assistant support service to the Director and Assistant Directors including other managers when required including managing electronic diary systems arranging appointments/meetings/travel arrangements and collating/preparing papers for senior managers.

Attend a variety of meetings and take accurate meetings maintaining high standards of confidentiality and to produce letters reports emails minutes spreadsheets and presentations etc.

Maintain and operate filing bring forward documentation collation and progress monitoring systems on behalf of the Director and Assistant Directorsand other managers in line with data protection and confidentiality requirements.

To lead and co-ordinate the departments Freedom of Information Act (FOI) process liaising with departmental and corporate colleagues as required

About You

To apply for this post you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Have a good standard of education to include English and Mathematics
  at GCSEGrade 9-4 (or equivalent) andNVQ Level 3 in Business Administration OR be able to demonstrable experience identified within the sections below.
• Have proven significant experience providing high level PA support and answering general routine correspondence on behalf of Senior Managers with excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word Excel Teams and PowerPoint.
• Be able to administer and minute meetings with fast accurate typing and strong document production skills.
• Have knowledge of working in local government with a considerable understanding and awareness of the political environment that the post operates within including an understanding of Freedom of Information Requests and the legal requirements.
• Have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal and an understanding of and commitment to equality and diversity and inclusion.
• Have excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to always maintain strict confidentiality.
• Have a professional diplomatic and tactful approach with the flexibility to work under pressure dealing with changing deadlines and quantities of work.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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 are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are open to discussions about flexible working which may include part time working job sharing term-time working flexible start and finish times and hybrid working depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Linda Wilson Team Manager

Telephone:

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How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the supporting statement should be no more than 500 words long. At Leicestershire County Council were looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are wherever youre from and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation not just whats on your CV. Thats why weve designed a recruitment process thats fair accessible and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire wed love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. Without this information we wont be able to assess your suitability for the role and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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