Personal Assistant (Hybrid)

Personal Assistant (Hybrid) needed in Oldham, £18.16ph – Reference: 000B 8350 / 1

3 days in office and 2 days at home

Governance and Assurance

• Coordinate and support QAG panels and other governance meetings.
• Collate, quality-check and circulate papers.
• Record actions, decisions and risks.
• Maintain action trackers and ensure follow-up is completed.
• Support preparation for DMT, SMT, Board and Partnership meetings.

Performance and Reporting

• Maintain spreadsheets and tracking systems.
• Collate performance, activity and finance information from teams.
• Produce regular reports, dashboards and briefing notes.
• Monitor key deadlines and escalate where required.

Supporting Direct Reports

• Coordinate workload and priorities across your direct reports.
• Track delivery of actions and workstreams.
• Monitor annual leave, training and key commitments.
• Arrange team meetings and maintain team action plans.
• Provide basic project coordination and progress tracking.

Executive Support

• Manage complex diary commitments and prioritisation.
• Draft correspondence, briefings and presentations.
• Coordinate responses to councillor, executive and corporate requests.
• Act as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

Project and Programme Support

• Maintain programme plans and risk logs.
• Track transformation projects and key milestones.
• Support procurement, recruitment and mobilisation activity.
• Coordinate information requests and evidence gathering.

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [email protected] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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