Diary Manager and Business Support
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27,079 per year |
| Additional salary information: | National: £27,079, London: £30,923 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2024 |
| Location: | London |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 349335/2 |
Summary
This is an opportunity to join a team at the heart of the Ministers, Accountability and Strategy (MAS) directorate. MAS comprises: Private Office, Intelligence and Parliamentary; Governance and Accountability; and Strategy, Implementation and Strategic Finance.
This is a unique role that will give you oversight of all these business areas and more. Your primary role will be to support the MAS Senior Civil Servants (SCS), within a directorate that provides day-to-day support to DHSC’s Ministers and Permanent Secretary, provides an interface between DHSC’s leadership board, Arm’s-Length Bodies, Parliament, and the public, and sets future direction to ensure the implementation of key priorities.
You will work directly with the MAS Senior Leadership Team and will play an important role in ensuring the Director and Deputy Directors have everything they need to lead their teams effectively and efficiently.
You will lead on diary management, so should be proficient in Microsoft Outlook, and must be confident in challenging appropriately and seeking information to establish the importance of differing requirements.
You will build an extensive network of internal stakeholders, working with teams across the department and engaging with senior leaders daily. You will work closely with the offices of the ministers and the Permanent Secretaries, so should communicate in a clear and concise manner, and demonstrate exemplary written skills.
The nature of the directorate’s work will provide you with a range of opportunities to support your personal and career development. You will develop an understanding of the breadth of work undertaken across the department, particularly operational delivery, policy, strategy, and Parliamentary matters undertaken in our directorate.
Your team works alongside the Head of Corporate Reform, undertaking tasks in a range of business and people matters such as wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, learning and development and reward and recognition.