Personal and Administrative Assistant
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5528 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker with at least three days per week in the office
Salary: Grade 8 - £27,717 to £30,066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 6th July 2025
Interview Date(s): Wednesday 23rd July 2025
About the Role
To provide support to the Leader and Chairman of the County Council, including managing the diary and appointments of the Leader of the County Council.
To provide a full, confidential Secretarial/Personal Assistant support service to the Cabinet, providing administrative support within the Civic and Member Support section.
Assisting the section with the discharge of support services to County Councillors.
Managing the bookings of the Council Chamber, Committee Suite and Members’ Lounge and prioritising where necessary
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Qualified to NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or an equivalent level of experience
- Experience in providing a range of administrative support to managers
- Experience in establishing and maintaining administration procedures
- Sound working knowledge of the MS Office suite of software or proficiency
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Leader and Chairman of the County Council
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of Elected Members
- Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal 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 provide evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while 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.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style that determines where it can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Lauren Walton, Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive and Acting Principal Administrative Officer, and Graeme Wardle, Head of Member Services
Telephone: 0116 305 2253 and 0116 305 6102
Email: Lauren.Walton@leics.gov.uk and Graeme.Wardle@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section 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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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