Richmond 373150 Personal Assistant - Adult and Community Services

£16.59 ph Ltd Co (est./tbc) or £13.60 ph PAYE (plus paid hols)

Twickenham, TW1

3 Months 36 hrs

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• What’s involved with this role:

To provide effective, flexible and efficient administrative support and assistance to 2 Service Managers, Adult Community Care.

Promote a customer-focussed image to all by direct contact, telephone and email.

This is a role which will require the confidence to deal with a wide variety of people, both internally and externally at a senior level, in an efficient and professional manner. You must understand the requirements of providing business support and be experienced in managing and prioritising a busy schedule for both you and two Principal Managers in Community Services. You must be willing and able to deal with a range of issues from the more basic administration to complex and often confidential matters.

You must be proficient in all aspects of Microsoft Office, and be able to take on a proactive role within the Business Support Unit. You will probably already be working in a business support role and would welcome the opportunity to further your experience.



IMPORTANT notes:

1) At the risk of stating the obvious, our clients are looking for CVs that match the “Essentials” listed below.

2) We recommend that you consider taking a couple of minutes extra to submit a suitably ‘tailored’ CV* for each role that you apply for, listing those of your key skills, experience and qualifications that relate specifically to this vacancy somewhere near the top of your CV.

3) If you hold a CRB check or security clearance it is always worth stating this prominently on your CV.

4) Please bear in mind that local authority clients are generally prevented (by their own systems) from seeing your covering letter. On that basis it pays to ensure that your CV works as a standalone document.

• “Essentials” for inclusion within on your CV: Give yourself the best chance of getting appointed by ensuring that your CV shows the following PROMINENTLY:

- Minimum 2 years senior PA/secretarial/office administration experience within a large organisation
- MS Word, Excel and Outlook

• Other useful, but non-essential, details to include on your CV, if applicable:

- Any local authority or other public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for

• Client: Local Authority

• Division: Adult and Community Services

• Anticipated Length of Assignment: Temporary role for 3 months initially, though considered likely to be extended.

• Hours per week: 36, Monday – Friday, normal working hours

We are sorry, but due to high volumes we are not able to respond to unsuccessful applications. You will hear from us by email if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

Please note that we check all ads at least once per day to ensure that the underlying roles remain live.

If you wish to send a CV through to us that has been modified for this particular role then, as an alternative to applying on line, you may email it to jobs@triumph.gb.com, but you must always remember to quote the reference number for the job in question, without which we will be unable to match your CV to the vacancy, given the number of applications that we receive each day.

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