**Personal Assistant**
Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.
**Camden Council**
**£ 33,789 - £38,465 **
**Job Level: Level 3, Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36 hours per week
Contract Type: 1 x Permanent Contract and 1 x FTC for 12 months **
**Alternative flexible working options availableopen to discussion
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the impact of unconscious bias._
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Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Because
were not just home to the UKs fast-growing economy. Were home to the most
important conversations happening today, and were making radical social
change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.
**As an
experienced and professional Personal Assistant, you will join the
Directorate support team within the Business Support Service to provide
exceptional service.**
**The role
**
Youll be a creative thinker who can use your knowledge, judgement and
initiative to ensure that Directors diaries and inboxes are managed in the
most effective and efficient way. Enabling Chief Officers to focus on
delivering their strategic objectives you will work closely with other
Personal Assistants to ensure that departmental business is monitored and
tracked.
To succeed, you will need to work closely with Chief Officers, Elected Members
and a diverse range of internal and external customers. In ensuring that the
highest levels of customer service are maintained, you will represent Chief
Officers in a positive and professional manner.
You will also need to work closely with other Personal Assistants and
Executive Support Leads, in ensuring that professional and accurate meeting
support is provided to Cabinet Member and Departmental Management team
meetings. This is an exciting, varied and at times challenging role. Youll
need to be flexible and adaptable and have experience of problem solving and
prioritising sometimes conflicting business needs.
**About you**
You will have a Personal Assistant background and have substantial experience
of providing quality PA support at a senior management level. You will be
experienced at managing the diaries and inboxes of more than one Chief
Officer. You will be an individual that can work well as part of a team, and
thrives well working in an empowered environment. You will have an exceptional
eye for detail and need to be able to work using sound judgement, and your own
initiative to meet deadlines and manage conflicting priorities.
You will be an extremely customer focused individual, who has experience of
developing good relationships with a range of staff and customers - including
elected Members.
You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to see things
clearly from others viewpoints. You will be an experienced problem solver who
can work on their own initiative and with others to identify creative and
innovative solutions.
You will also be adaptable and flexible in your approach to work and have
excellent organisational skills that enable you to manage a complex and varied
workload.
Were ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit.
**Help us redefine our corporate services,
**and well redefine what a career
can be.
**If you are interested in this role, click here to apply
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**Closing Date: 15th October 2023; 23:59
Interviews to be held: wc 30th October 2023**
**Working for Camden**
Working for Camden youll receive a host of great benefits, Click [HERE
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**Additional information**
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of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the
essential criteria listed in the Job Profile.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality
and safeguarding, please visit our [recruitment
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**Asking for Adjustments**
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as
accessible as possible for everyone. This includes, making adjustments or
changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term
health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application,
interview or assessment process, including providing information in an
alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at
resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.