Portfolio Support Assistant

3 weeks ago


Weybridge, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 229099**Salary**:

- £24,918 - £29,806- National: £24,918 - £26,584, London: £27,963 - £29,806 ‘For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading ‘Salary’**Grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Estates
- Operational Delivery
- Property
- Secretarial**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

LocationAbout the job

**Summary**:
National travel may be required, for meetings and training, You will also be required to attend Weybridge, this will be once a month, but may be more frequent in busy times.

The Defra site at Weybridge is home to Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) as well as being the administrative centre for the APHA Regional Laboratories. The Science Facilities team, part of Defra group Property are responsible for managing the site which has a wide range of specialist scientific facilities to enable APHA to carry out veterinary research and surveillance.

The site is the largest facility in terms of size and complexity across the Defra network and is at the forefront of research into animal diseases. It is crucial in protecting the UK farming and food industries from the impact of animal disease and is responsible for ensuring that outbreaks of animal disease are successfully contained.

Defra group Property are rebuilding the approach to estates and facilities management. Our growing Science Facilities team have a remit spanning the ever-evolving site, from high containment laboratories to large capital projects. The site is currently going through a process of major capital investment in order to enhance its scientific capability and upgrade its research facilities for the future. For the longer term we are developing a strategic plan which will look at site development over the next twenty to thirty years.

As a key member of the Weybridge based team, you will enjoy rewarding and challenging work.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and well organised Portfolio Support Assistant to join our busy team. This role sits within the Portfolio Support Team which supports the Defra group Property Science Facilities, Critical Works Portfolio. The team provides a range of essential support services including training, management of our resources booking system enabling hybrid meetings, secretariat duties, transactions, general admin, and comms.

**Job description**:

- This role will provide admin support services to the team ensuring that we are able to react and respond to changes quickly and efficiently.
- We are looking for someone with the right personal skills. If you have experience in a support role and you have the personal skills required, then on-the-job training can be provided.-
**Responsibilities**:
**Some of the key responsibilities will be**:

- General support to the Portfolio Support Team Leader
- Secretariate duties (this includes taking full minutes, collating actions, and proposing agendas)
- Use of My Workspace (room booking software)
- Setting up meetings
- Requesting IT for new starters
- Keeping out Sharepoint information up to date
- Tracking the onboarding of new starters ensuring they have induction packs, updating organograms
- Organising interval training events
- Collating orders for PPE
- Management of our team mailboxes and calendars
- Updating distribution lists
- Ad-hoc requests including collection and analysis of data

**Personal skills required**
- Self Driven and motivated
- Flexible and resilient with a can-do attitude
- A good eye for detail and takes pride in a job well done
- A good team player, willing to learn and help develop new process
- Able to manage workload and find solutions to challenges
- Able to form and manage good relationships with all stakeholders, including senior managers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisation and customer service skills
- Excellent working knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel, MS Teams and Sharpoint.
- Experience of using technology to assist organising, setting up and carrying out secretariate duties for meetings, working groups, and boards (including taking full minutes, collating/tracking actions, and proposing agendas).

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Managing a Quality Service
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

**Security**:
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