Pa to Head of Service

2 weeks ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth City Council Full time

**Salary**:Band 6 - £24,148 - £27,852 per annum

**Hours**:37 hours per week

**Contract**:permanent

**The Service**

In Portsmouth we are passionate about all our children and young people enjoying a healthy, happy, and safe childhood that gives them the opportunity to get the best out of life and a good transition into adulthood.

The Children and Families Services supports and protects Portsmouth’s most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. It also acts as the corporate parent for the city’s Looked After Children.

**Your new role**

You will provide a high level of Personal Assistant support to the Heads of Children and Families and the Deputy Director of Children's Service. As part of a small team of Personal Assistants to the Senior Management Team, you will work together to ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day administration for the Senior Managers of Children and Families Services.

You will also provide Personal Assistant support to the Director of Children, Families and Education (DCS), to keep business continuity during the Personal Assistant's annual leave of absence.

**What you'll need to succeed**

You will have experience of working for a Head of Service, Senior Manager, (or equivalent) providing a high-quality Secretarial/Personal Assistant service. You will have excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to take concise minutes and capture actions accurately with excellent IT skills and experience of using databases. You will have excellent organisation skills with the ability to prioritise your workload and work under your own initiative with a good attention to detail.

If you have a good awareness of Data Protection and Safeguarding Issues with the ability to maintain strict confidentiality, as you will be dealing with confidential and sensitive information then we would love to hear from you.

**What you'll get in return**

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

- A generous pension scheme
- 27 days annual leave rising to 31 days after 5 years service plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time.
- Flexible / hybrid working
- A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at popular high street retailers.
- Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Potential to purchase additional annual leave
- Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view the benefits of working with us

**What next**

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

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