Senior Executive Assistant

We’re looking for a Senior Executive Assistant!We are looking for a career PA to join us as a Senior Executive Assistant to join the College as we build on from our ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection grade.  If you are an experienced PA/Executive Assistant looking for a new challenge and a role to develop to be your own, then this is the job for you.  Working with our newly appointed Deputy Principal you will play a pivotal role in providing high-level confidential secretarial support, with some line management responsibilities.

To fulfil this role you need to be able to work with a high degree of autonomy, have strategic and business acumen, the ability to work at pace with excellent organisational skills.  You must also demonstrate a positive attitude and high degree of professionalism.  You will be working in a high pressured environment, often with conflicting priorities to manage.  This is a full time role and we’re looking for someone to join us as we go into the next academic year. What skills are we looking for:

·      Excellent organisational, secretarial  and administration ability·      A multi-tasker – you must be able to work on various projects at the same time·      A creative thinker – you will have the freedom to bring new ideas to the table and run with them·      Resilience, diplomacy and confidentiality – these will be essential traits to succeed in this roleResponsibilities for the role:

·      To be responsible for the efficient and effective support (secretarial and administration) of the Deputy Principal, co-ordinating their activities·      To line manage the Executive Co-ordinator and Executive Assistant, ensuring effective secretarial and administration support is provided to the Vice Principals team·      To co-ordinate and administer Senior Leadership Team and other business critical meetings·      To deputise for the Executive Co-ordinator (Corporate Services) in case of absenceThe Location: The role will be based across all NWSLC campuses, with Nuneaton being the home base.  Hybrid working options may be available.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Kerry Elkins on 024 7624 3111 or email her at kerry. elkins@nwslc. ac. uk .  Why Should You Apply?The pay range we’re offering is £32,221 (rising to £35,204)We offer great holidays and access to the Local Government PensionWe offer great staff development opportunities Family friendly policies and proceduresEquality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission.

We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager. We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees.

We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits. All our roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. 'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications. 'Interested? Please apply via our website https: //www. nwslc. ac. uk/about-us/careers/ or message me for an informal chat.