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Are you eager to land a brand new role? Our client, a busy local authority in Essex, are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to join their team and play a crucial role in their administrative operations.  

Position: Executive Assistant
Rate: £19 per hour (Umbrella, Inside IR35) 
Contract Duration: Temporary (3 Months) with Possible Extension 

Purpose: 

• To provide a high level of confidential administrative and planning support directly to the Leader of the Council - through planning and organising the work and ensuring alignment of this work, coordinating diaries and working closely with the Leader to ensure he is updated and his time managed appropriately.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide effective, proactive, reactive and comprehensive Executive Business Support to the Leader of the Council, including daily Management and co-ordination of activities, appointments and meetings, responding to daily changes in priorities, and political sensitivities.
• Organising meetings and quality assuring documents required for meetings, maintaining a “forward planning” system to progress reports, papers, correspondence and enquiries together with monitoring and chasing actions.
• To be responsible for the planning, organising and facilitation of a number of events, conferences and away days as required.
• Co-ordinate all meetings, forward plans, and associated paperwork for meetings. Book and service meetings, dispatching papers; minute taking, recording of decisions and following up actions.
• To deal sensitively and confidentially with complaints from a wide variety of people across and outside the Borough and make appropriate arrangements for these to be resolved, this includes the logging and processing of enquiries for Members, MPs and the public for the attention of the Leader and within appropriate policy timelines.

Job Requirements:

• Previous experience working within a local authority or a similar organisation.
• At least 1 year experience within a Executive Assistant role or equivalent.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development. 
• Successful candidates will have excellent IT skills, good organisation skills, ability to work in a sometimes fast paced & pressurised environment and good customer service skills.

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review. 

How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying, please press the button below, send your CV to james.fernandez@temptingrecruitment.co.uk or contact James on   020 3854 4907 to discuss further.

To explore other exciting opportunities or learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our website https://www.temptingrecruitment

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