Local Government Jobs

This is a Fixed Term Contract until 30th Sept 2012.

Do you have previous experience of managing busy diaries and providing a first class correspondence service? Do you have experience of working with councillors or are you looking for a development opportunity to improve your CV to work with the leadership of a large organisation?

Southwark Council’s Cabinet Office is looking for an individual with excellent PA skills to join the team supporting the political leadership of the council until the end of September on a job share basis. You will be working in close partnership with four of the council’s Cabinet Members, managing their diaries, post and email inboxes, providing a point of first contact for council officers and members of the public.

The position requires excellent word processing, administrative and communication skills to take and relay messages and respond to an broad range of queries. You will need to research, access and gather information from many sources to enable Cabinet Members to have the information they need to carry out their duties.

Based in a politically sensitive and confidential environment, it is important that you are aware and discrete and can convey information accurately. As this is a job share role, you will need to have flexible availability in order to work in the office 2.5 days a week and be able to work with the officer with whom you are sharing the role to provide seamless support.

Closing date: 13 February 2012