Directorate Assistant

2 weeks ago

St Helens, United Kingdom St. Helens Council Full time

**Job Description**:
We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as A Directorate Assistant
St Helens is a Council with high ambitions, a place full of energy and focus, and with an exciting future ahead. Our vision is to work together for a better borough, with people at the heart of everything we do.
To help us achieve this we are looking for three Directorate Assistants to provide administrative support to the Assistant Directors within People’s Services in the Integrated Health & Social Care and Children’s Services directorates. These roles are part of the Executive Support Management Team, which is a centralised team that provides professional administrative support to the wider leadership team, to ensure they can maximise the efficient use of their time.
These posts provide an excellent opportunity for self-motivated individuals who possess excellent organisation, communication and people skills, with the ability to balance and prioritise a busy workload and who will undertake a range of clerical duties to support the service.

In return, as an employer we are committed to creating a positive, supportive environment for all our staff. As well as competitive salaries we also offer hybrid working which provides the opportunity to work both from home and from one of our agile office hubs. We can also offer flexible working hours across a standard 37 hour working week, a generous annual leave and bank holiday entitlement, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, Occupational Health support, a staff benefits scheme, and discounted gym and leisure facilities.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.

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