Are you ready to step into a role where your impact is felt at the very core of one of London's most vibrant boroughs? We have an exciting opportunity for two dynamic and dedicated Executive Administrators to join our Executive Support Team, working closely with the Corporate Management Team (CMT) at Southwark Council.
What you'll do:
- As an Executive Administrator, you'll be more than just an assistant—you'll be an essential partner to the Chief Executive and the Corporate Management Team.
- In our fast-paced, high-stakes environment, you'll provide first-class, efficient support that keeps the leadership team operating at their best.
- You'll oversee a range of administrative and office functions, ensuring the smooth operation using your attention to detail, organisational skills, and proactive approach.
- Handle confidential information with the utmost discretion and integrity.
Support with purpose:
- Attend and minute high-level meetings, ensuring all details are accurately captured.
- Coordinating complex calendars, facilitating crucial meetings, or acting as a key point of contact across the council, your role will be pivotal in driving our mission forward.
- Liaise with external bodies and manage communications with a professional and sensitive approach.
- Manage and prioritise multiple tasks, meetings, and events with exceptional organisational skills and initiative.
How will you make an impact:
We need a dynamic and experienced Executive Administrator who is passionate about public service and driven to make a difference who will bring a blend of the following:
- Proven Experience: Administration or Executive Assistant with a track record of delivering high-quality outcomes for Senior Leadership.
- Strategic Contributor: Demonstrated ability to align Admin support with strategic Planning goals, making a tangible impact.
- Budget Savvy: Provide administrative support for financial systems such as raising purchase orders, monitoring budgets, and ensuring appropriate sign off.
- Performance-Driven: Skilled in providing a performance-focused supporting role, implementing effective strategies, systems, and procedures to drive continuous improvement.
- Discretion Assured: You will be discrete and able to deal with sensitive and confidential information professionally, as well as a high degree of attention to detail.
- Inclusive and empathetic: A focus on continuous improvement, have a growth mindset and a collaborative, can-do attitude.
- Detail-Oriented: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, maintaining meticulous attention to detail while meeting deadlines.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy a balanced approach with flexible home working, alongside occasional travel to our London Bridge HQ.
About Southwark
As a council, we are successful, passionate, and forward thinking. We are committed to tackling injustice and inequalities and rebuilding our local economy following the pandemic, ensuring that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
As a diverse central London borough, Southwark faces a range of challenges, which we aim to address through the delivery of the Borough Plan. We are looking for candidates to join our team to help us continue to make Southwark an inclusive borough for all our communities.
Southwark Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We monitor our recruitment practices to check that we are employing people in a fair and non-discriminatory way. We also publish annual workforce reports. We are proud to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough.
Benefits and more information
Working for Southwark Council - Southwark
Salary Range: £42,855 - £50,088
Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 6th of September 2024
Interview Date: 18th of September 2024
Application Process
If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit a CV and complete the application forms detailing your suitability for the role. The Job Description and Person Specification can also be found at the bottom of this page under attachments.
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
ü Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
ü Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
ü If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.