Job description
The Executive Assistant team works with the Chief Executive, Executive Directors and Senior Leadership Group, who deliver a wide range of services across the council from Digital Transformation to Environment and Social Care.
We recognise working in local government is so diverse, so what matters most to us is your positive problem-solving attitude and the collaborative way you work!
This is an opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team who work together in a complex fast paced environment to assist Executive and Assistant directors to manage their time, priorities and focus effectively.
Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity is the key to our success.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The EA Team provides a shared, consistent service; on a journey of continuous improvement, adopting new digital tools to make yours and your assigned Director’s life easier, looking for opportunities to improve processes and working across the council to influence ways of working in those teams as well.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Full duties and responsibilities for this role are in the attached Job Description. On appointment you will be assigned to members of SLG and deliver a level of EA support as appropriate with additional duties being covered as and when required.

Duties will include:

• To support Reading’s Senior Leadership Group (SLG) productivity through effective time management, underpinned by a comprehensive understanding of priorities/objectives.
• Providing secretariat function to predetermined meetings.
• By using initiative appropriately, assess and prioritise incoming requests and enquiries. This includes using business knowledge and understanding of the SLG members and Council priorities.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed