Executive Assistant

**Do you have experience as a Personal Assistant or Executive Support Officer/Assistant?**

Cotswold District is a great place to live, work and visit, and we are rightly proud of our businesses, communities and residents. We are busy recreating a council that’s pro-active and responsive to the needs of our residents and businesses in a fast changingenvironment. That means we need to be ‘fleet of foot’ and look for innovative and creative ways to deliver against our Corporate Plan priorities.

**About the role**
The Chief Executive provides the senior officer leadership to the council and has responsibility to ensure the Council’s vision and corporate objectives are delivered. Whether it’s working closely with Councillors, partners, businesses, residents or communities,it’s a fast-paced environment.

To support the Chief Executive in this delivery, your role will include organising day-to-day activities, scheduling meetings, and processing correspondence - in essence taking a leading role in ensuring the smooth running of the council. But the role demandsmore than just administration skills. It is a true partnership where you will use your diplomacy and organisational skills every day to have a direct impact on the success of the council’s work.

Being highly skilled with ICT is necessary, and you will need great interpersonal skills, essential for operating within a professional environment. You will interact with a wide range of people, including residents, VIPs, MPs and officers from other councils.The role will require handing of sensitive information so we will be relying on you to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.?

The role will clearly suit someone with experience of working as an executive or personal assistant. Experience of working effectively within local government would be advantageous, but not essential as a full induction and training will be provided wherenecessary to help get you up to speed on how local government operates. You will understand the importance of public service and be keen to support our leadership team to achieve all our aims and priorities as a council.

**You will need**
- 5 GCSE’s A-C (or equivalent)
- 5 years’ experience,acting as a Personal Assistant or Executive Support Officer/Assistant role is essential
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Excellent organisational skills, particularly in relation to diary and event management
- The ability to manage effectively an ever-changing workload
- Excellent, proven time management skills and the ability to prioritise and multitask
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

**Special Conditions**
- Ability to travel
- BPSS

You will be employed by Publica Group Ltd which was created by four partner Councils (Cotswold District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council, Cheltenham Borough Council and Forest of Dean District Council)to deliver more efficient and improved services.

**What can we do for you**:

- Agile working allowing a mix of home and office working
- Flexible working arrangements (depending on the role)
- 26 days paid annual leave (pro rata if you are working part time) plus bank holidays and an extra two volunteering days off a year for you to support a charity of your choice
- Health cash plan giving you cash back on health, dental and eye care
- Pension scheme with a good employer contribution of 5% of your earnings
- Employee Assistance Programme 24/7, providing positive, preventative and supportive advice and counselling to deal with everyday events and issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car lease scheme with huge tax and NI savings to be made on electric cars
- Access to digital financial advice (covering your pension scheme, mortgages and other finances)
- Generous sickness cover above statutory entitlements
- Additional income protection, covering 50% of your salary for potentially a further five years if you are unable to work due to sickness or injury
- Life assurance, currently four times your annual salary