Secretary/Personal Assistant, Stockport - (Grade C/D) Manchester, England
Job description
Number of Posts
1
Advertised
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Branch/Division
Stockport District
Location
Stockport District
Sub-location
Cheadle Heath (SDHQ)
Grade
Grade C/D
Rank
Not applicable
Leadership Level
Peer Leader
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
36.25 per week
Hours
Full time
Advertised Salary
£21,432 - £25,353 per annumn
Shift Allowances/Enhancements/ Additional Info
Assessment / Test Required
Advert
The Stockport District Commander is seeking applications for a Secretary/PA. For this role you will need to be highly motivated and flexible, with the ability to work under extreme pressures and tight deadlines.
The successful candidate will be a highly organised individual, who will provide a comprehensive secretarial and personal assistant service to the Divisional Territorial Commander and the 5 divisional Superintendents which will include; diary management, actioning incoming mail and email, maintaining filing systems, arranging, preparing the agenda and taking minutes of meetings as well as dealing with telephone and message queries.
They will possess the ability to communicate effectively at all levels both in writing and verbally whilst working in a dynamic environment and with issues of a confidential nature. You will need to respond consistently at a high standard even when faced with tasks outside normal scope of work.
Experience as word processor operator and shorthand/typist is essential as is experience of audio typing. You should be able to achieve 35 wpm minimum.
Experience of developing and implementing administrative systems and of using software packages, including spreadsheets and databases are also essential to this post.
Closing Date
10 Jul 2023
Recruitment Team Contact
Other Information
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.
Due to the Equality Act (2010) the criteria surrounding sickness absence will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process, this is after the interview stage of the full recruitment process. With this in mind all candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.
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What is the Residency Criteria?
To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.
After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.
In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.
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Minimum Age for Applications
16
