Personal Assistant - Executive Support

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	09 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Competitive
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Bolton, BL1 1RU
Cwmni:	inploi
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	75784777

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Grade: F scp 17 £31,022 to scp 23 £34,434
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: NVQ Level 5 or equivalent in a Business-related subject (or relevant experience)

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Are you an exceptional organiser with a natural curiosity, strong initiative and a passion for supporting senior leaders? We’re looking for a proactive and highly efficient Personal Assistant (PA) to join Bolton Council’s established Executive Support Team.

This is more than just an administrative role. As a key part of the Council’s leadership support structure, you’ll provide high level, confidential and strategic executive assistance to our Chief Officers. Your work will directly enable the Corporate Leadership Team (CLT) and Directorate Leadership Teams (DLTs) to deliver their priorities and drive forward the Council’s strategic aims.

About the Role
In this fast paced and varied position, you will provide comprehensive executive support to Chief Officers, including strategic diary management, email handling and prioritisation of key tasks. You will act as a trust first point of contact for the Chief Officers, including arranging high level internal and external meetings, administering for this meetings on request.

As a member of the Executive Support Team, you will have the opportunity to produce high-quality briefing notes, presentations and reports to inform strategic decision making and work collaboratively across the Executive Support function, providing cover and cross-team support when needed. This brings an exciting opportunity to support the Council and residents of Bolton at a strategic level.
You’ll be joining an experienced, supportive, and solutions focused team who take pride in helping the Council’s leadership operate effectively.

About You
We’re looking for someone who can operate confidently at a senior level and who thrives in a role where no two days are the same.

You will be highly organised, with excellent planning and time-management skills. Successful candidates will be proactive and naturally curious, anticipating needs and seeking information that supports effective decision making. You will be a strong communicator, technically confident in Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word and SharePoint.

You will also bring experience in supporting senior officers, maintaining electronic filing systems and producing professional reports and presentations.

If this sounds like the next step you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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