The starting salary for this role is £32,512 per annum, working 36 hours per week.
This is a 12-month fixed-term contract/ secondment opportunity. We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Personal Assistant (PA) to join our amazing Service Leadership Team, where everything you do will help us achieve our aims. We're looking for someone who shares our vision and can support our mission. Your main work base location will be Surrey Fire and Rescue Headquarters at Woodhatch Place, Reigate. However, hybrid and flexible working is welcomed and supported; we care about the job you do, not where you do it!
Rewards and Benefits - 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
About the Team The team work collaboratively and are adaptable to change to meet productivity requirements. With the help of the team manager, development goals will be set, ensuring team members reach their full potential and gain a great insight into an interesting and dynamic sector over the period of the fixed term contract.
Our Mission - Serving the needs of our community
- Flexibly responding to a constantly changing environment
- Recognising and embedding diversity in everything we do
- Solving challenges through intelligence driven collaboration, innovation and improvement
- Surrey Fire and Rescue Service aims to make the county safer by integrating three key service areas: prevention, protection and intervention.
About the Role This is a varied role where you'll be providing PA support for our busy Service Leadership Team. This will involve inbox and diary management, prioritising appointments, responding to and resolving enquiries, minute taking and record keeping, organising events, high quality research and analysis, preparing reports and presentations, as well as administration and project support when required. Previous experience of providing high level PA support is critical for this role. We're looking for someone who can work successfully to deliver complex tasks through multiple strands of work, sometimes under pressure, and produce meeting notes and actions to a high standard; this position will require strong planning and organisational skills.
About you As part of the application process, you will be asked the following questions along with uploading your CV:
- What are your motivations for applying?
- Please tell us about, and provide examples of, your experience of complex diary management and administration.
- Describe your experience of minute-taking and confidential record keeping.
- Please tell us about the role you played in planning an event.
- Describe a time when you used your customer service skills to overcome a problem.
Contact us Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Tina Thorburn by e-mail and/or telephone at or by telephone on 07813 351428.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10/10/2024 with interviews planned for 04/11/2024. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Values Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values. Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook also attached provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.
Our Commitment Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.
