Interim EA-Immediate start!

Are you an immediately available experienced EA seeking a challenging role supporting a Chief Exec and Senior Management Team? 

The successful candidate will  provide support to the Chief Executive and Management Team whilst liaising with internal service areas, elected councillors, members of the public, other boroughs and districts and local stakeholders/partner agencies.  This support requires confidentially, discretion, proactivity and the ability to manage sensitive issues. 

Duties 

• Managing email inboxes to ensure matters are dealt with efficiently.  Proactively ensuring that emails are acknowledged and forwarded to relevant officers/teams.  Tracking the responses to ensure completion. 
• Having a high-level understanding of the key issues for the council and intervening where necessary to ensure projects/issues are handled appropriately.
• Escalating complaints in line with the council’s complaints procedure. 
• Producing correspondence on behalf of the Chief Executive. 
• Diary management ensuring appointments are made, rooms booked and papers are available in advance of each meeting. 

The successful candidate must have experience of being a strategic partner to senior leaders and extensive diary management experience. 

The role is to initially for 3 months and can be 2 days a week in the office or fully remote. The role is inside IR35 and annual salary equivalent is £40-£46k.