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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced candidate, to join the Executive Support Management Team, in the role of Personal Assistant.
The postholder will support both the Assistant Director of Children’s Social Care and Assistant Director of Education and Learning by providing a confidential, high quality, professional, support service using innovative and modern practices with a strong digital focus.
You will support a number of strategic meetings, taking minutes and monitoring outstanding actions. You will also be responsible for extensive email and diary management and managing sensitive information.
This post is an opportunity for a self-motivated individual who possesses excellent organisation, communication and personable skills, with the ability to balance and prioritise a busy workload. You must have highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with Councillors, Senior Council Colleagues and representatives from external partners and organisations
Ideally the successful person will have experience /knowledge of Children’s Services and have some understanding of the complexities, competing demands and emotional sensitivity associated with working with Children and their families.
The posts require someone with excellent IT skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft packages and excellent written and verbal communications skills
The successful candidate will complement the work of the wider Executive Support Management Team, who support the Wider Leadership Team and Leader of the Council. This encompasses both dedicated and shared resources, with a tiered approach and supports the overarching work of the Directorate, by exercising a high degree of initiative and alleviates pressure points across the Directorates
This is a full-time post and the successful candidate will be required to work 37 hours per week. This is a hybrid role and therefore provides the opportunity to work both from home and from an office base.
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 a generous annual leave and bank holiday entitlement, financial benefits, hybrid ways of working, learning and development support and access the Local Government Pension Scheme
If you are a dedicated, adaptable, and highly organised individual seeking a challenging and fulfilling opportunity, we would welcome your application.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at Kerrie Gregory, Executive Support Team Manager via KerrieGregory@sthelens.gov.uk or 01744 676101
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Thank you for your interest in working for us.
If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
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.
