• Contract Type: Permanent
• Working Hours: 37 hours
• Location: Observatory House, 25 Windsor Road, Slough, SL1 2EL

The closing date for applications is 28thMay 2024.

Interviews will be held during W/C 3rd June.

What you’ll be doing:

We are recruiting for an Executive Assistant where you will be required to provide comprehensive project support to key directorate activities such as maintaining the corporate risk register, discharging outstanding audit actions and taking responsibility for the maintenance of departmental forward plans. You will be required to compile project status reports and have shared responsibility for providing secretariat support to key internal governance boards.

You will be required to provide a full range of professional, high-level executive support services to the Executive directors, enabling them to advance organisational initiatives and goals. Through gatekeeping and managing upwards, you will enable the executive director to focus on high-level leadership and strategy functions. You should exercise judgement in prioritisation, dealing with high level matters, referring only to the Executive Director as and when necessary, ensuring tact, discretion and courtesy at all times.

Our Council:

People are proud to live and work in Slough where diversity is celebrated and where residents can enjoy fulfilling prosperous and healthy lives. Our vision is to make a difference to our communities and our environment. All of our employees, whatever their job, contribute greatly to delivering services to local people – either directly, or by supporting colleagues.

What We Offer:

SBC is a fantastic place to work offering a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever and you will join a friendly and collaborative environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Alongside a competitive salary, there are a range of great benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement – 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 – 5 years’ service and 33 days after 5 years’ service.
• Generous pension scheme
• Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Tax – free childcare and childcare services
• Discounted car parking
• Season loan ticket – to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to & from work.

Interested?

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact ⁠[email protected] ⁠

We are a diverse workforce and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We aim to foster an inclusive workplace where people are valued, and one which represents the local communities that we serve. We value diversity.

Slough Borough Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all applicants who have chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form and can evidence the minimum criteria for the role through their application.

We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email [email protected] quoting the job reference – our Accessibility Statement has more information.

How to Apply:

Please click on the apply button below to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a number of suitable applicants therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.

Location : Slough SL1

HOW TO APPLY

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