Personal Assistant To Head Of Service of Childrens Social Care

We are looking to recruit a High Level Personal Assistant for the Head of Service in Childrens Social Services for Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council. The role offers flexible working hours and has a supportive team culture. The Children's Social Care service supports and protects Bournemouths most vulnerable children and young people enabling them to lead safer, healthier and more fulfilling lives.

Main duties include:

• Experience of working for Senior Managers/Director level (or equivalent) providing a high-quality Secretarial/Personal Assistant service.
• Experience of working in Children's and/or Young People's Services would be advantageous.
• Excellent IT skills in Microsoft Office applications (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook) and experience of using databases are essential and a word processing and/or typing (RSA) qualification would be an advantage.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills: GCSE level or equivalent in English and Maths is required due to the administrative work involved in the role.
• An ability to take concise minutes accurately at complex meetings often of a sensitive and/or confidential nature ensuring minutes, actions and papers are circulated within agreed timescales.
• The ability to work well as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, as you will be dealing with people from all walks of life, including elected Council Members, other local authorities, partner agencies and members of the public.
• Experience of managing diaries and meetings essential, with the ability to prioritise effectively a must.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to relate to a wide range of people whilst delivering a professional image.
• Excellent organisational skills to enable you to manage a demanding workload and meet tight deadlines.
• The ability to maintain strict confidentiality, as you will be dealing with confidential and sensitive information.
• A good awareness of Data Protection and Safeguarding Issues.
• A self-motivated, proactive attitude to work with an ability to anticipate potential problems and to solve them.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy when completing work. A high standard of presentation is required as reports and letters will be sent to Council Members and important stakeholders.
• To demonstrate personal resilience and professionalism when exposed to explicit and emotionally challenging information, for example, in relation to child maltreatment and abuse.
• A customer-focus (internal and external) and be able to demonstrate consistently high standards of customer care and customer service.
• An understanding and empathetic approach to the work of Children's Social Care.

Benefits of Working with Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole Council:

Our Client has free onsite parking with the opportunity for role progression and training for both perm and temporary staff within the authority. They offer a very competitive pay rate which exceeds most of the surrounding areas.

Why Choose Ackerman Pierce?

Ackerman Pierce calls upon over 15 years' worth of experience in recruiting directly into the Social Work Sector. We can offer a unique experience within recruitment industry where you have your own personal consultant, a DBS and Compliance service with a quick and easy registration process. We pride ourselves on a guaranteed weekly payment process.

To discuss the vacancy further or any other opportunities we have in Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole please contact George Willett or email in your updated CV to us today.