Senior Personal Assistant (PA)

 
Force Headquarters, Camden, London
A005
Full Time
Permanent
£22,626.98
£3,033.56
Up to £X amount

A Senior Personal Assistant (PA) is required for a permanent role paying up to £25,121.98 with British Transport Police (BTP) based in London. BTP is the national police Force for Britain’s rail network. Every day we ensure the safety and security of over six million passengers and railway staff throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

As a Senior Personal Assistant (PA) with BTP you will provide professional, efficient, proactive and confidential secretarial support to an Area Commander or Head of Department and administrative assistance to their management team, carrying out general office duties. You will be required to deliver a high quality service in support of BTP's objectives and priorities in accordance with Force policy, legislative and national directives.

 

As a Senior Personal Assistant (PA) you will be required to:

  • Organise meetings, events, daily briefing packs and diary appointments for the manager to enable their time to be used effectively and to the best advantage within the organisation. Ensure that all travel, catering and hotel arrangements are booked in accordance with BTP procedures including use of corporate procurement cards and e-procurement processes
  • Research, collate and analyse information and prepare timely reports and briefing papers and presentations to enable the manager to communicate with internal and external contacts and to aid their understanding of current issues on a variety of sensitive and confidential matters
  • Monitor workflow within the management and PA team by co-ordinating the delegation of activities by the manager and ensuring the delivery of timely, informed and suitable responses maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.

 

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description. The successful a Senior Personal Assistant (PA) will be required to evidence the following:

  • Previous relevant PA/secretarial experience or extensive administrative experience with a high level of organisational ability and attention to detail
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with staff at all levels both internally and externally.
  • High standard of planning and organisational ability.



If you are interested in applying to this Senior Personal Assistant (PA) role then please do not delay as interviews will be held as soon as appropriate candidates are highlighted. In return for your experience, we can offer you:

  • Salary up to £25,121.98 per annum.
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Final salary pension
  • Various salary sacrifice schemes (cycle to work/childcare) and retail discounts

 

We want our organisation to be as diverse as the community it serves so we welcome applicants from all sections of the community. You must have the right to remain and work in the UK and you must tell us about any previous convictions or cautions including any deemed as 'spent'. These will not necessarily exclude you from employment but they must be declared at the point of application.

 

Candidates internal to BTP must confirm that they are not subject to formal action plans for sickness/complaints/discipline or poor performance, that all mandatory training courses have been attended and are in ticket/up to date, that a ‘Competent’ rating, or above, was achieved on the last reporting year PDR and they have completed their tenure period (12 months) for current substantive posting.

 

This opportunity is closed to applications.