Job Introduction
Personal Assistant to Directors within BCP Council
We are looking for Personal Assistants or strong administrators to join our Executive Support Hub. This is an exciting opportunity for strong administrators, with experience of supporting at a senior management level to join our Service.
The roles are based at BCP Civic Offices with some opportunity to work from home. These are busy and interesting roles working with the Lead Directors within our Operations directorate and Children’s Services.
If you are highly motivated and proactive one of these roles may be for you. The duties include robust diary management, forward planning of meetings, minute-taking and some project support. You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and inter-personal skills, as well as an ability to support Director(s) in monitoring performance and tasks within the Service.
We are looking for staff who can work well under pressure and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will be required to deal with highly sensitive and confidential information.
For an informal discussion please contact Shirley McGillick at shirley.mcgillick@bcpcouncil.gov.uk
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.