Personal Assistant

at  Sheffield City Council

Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen, for 2 experienced Personal Assistants to join Children’s Services. The roles will be supporting the Assistant Directors within the Children and Families service and will provide a wide range of services including complex diary and inbox management.
The post holders will have proven experience at working within a fast-paced environment at a senior level with a willingness to be flexible and highly motivated to meet the demands of the role.
In addition, the roles will require you to work with a wide range of people, at all levels, including internal and external colleagues - therefore excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential along with a positive approach to building strong working relationships.
Working alongside the Children’s Services Leadership Team, you will be skilled in dealing with difficult and sensitive information and able to brief the Assistant Directors of Children’s Services on key issues that arise. We value excellence, innovation and collaboration, and we are looking for talented individuals who share our passion for success
If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding role with the scope to develop, we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to book a phone call / teams or face to face chat you can do so by contacting Kelly Harrison, Strategic Business and Development Manager at Kelly.harrison@sheffield.gov.uk
To note provisional dates for interviews: week commencing 3rd June
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

Please refer the Job description for details