We have ambitious plans to continue our successful, and person-centred services. The successful post holder will support one or two senior team members including directors or head of departments based at head office and the CEO with a range of PA tasks.

Main Duties Include:

• Arranging and supporting meetings, minuting meetings and ensuring accurate records are kept.
• Diary management for senior staff.
• Support to organise meetings virtually and minute take some of the board meetings which will be on a scheduled basis in the evenings periodically.

Full time hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hours of work are generally 9am – 5pm, to be worked flexibly, dependent upon the requirements of the organisation and the trustees. Some evenings and occasional weekend working is required.

Part time applications will be considered, subject to a minimum of 3 days (22.5 hours per week).

The role is largely office based, with some travel to meetings and home working when managing reports or minutes as agreed in advance.

The post holder must be able to plan and prioritise a varied workload, exercising appropriate judgement and responding promptly and appropriately to all enquiries. The post holder will be required to handle information of a confidential nature and must observe the highest standards of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality. The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise professionally with service users, staff and external stakeholders.

You will also form part of the Head Office PA team. The spirit of the PA department is very much a team approach and a high degree of flexibility will be required to deputise for colleagues in their absence and support with peaks in workload. As part of your responsibilities it is required that holiday periods are coordinated to ensure that there is sufficient PA cover to meet corporate requirements. Several of the PA also have specialise lead in areas of the business, which will be considered for this post as it develops. The role is progressive and diverse.