Senior Personal Assistant

 
Force Headquarters, Camden, London
A005
Full Time
Secondment
12 - Months
£22,853.24
£3,033.56
NA

A Senior Personal Assistant is required on a temporary 12 month basis paying 22,853.24 per annum plus £2,520 London Allowance with British Transport Police (BTP) based at our Force Headquarters in Camden. 


BTP is the national police Force for Britain’s railways. Every day we ensure the safety and security of over six million passengers and staff throughout England, Scotland and Wales. As a Senior Personal Assistant within the Strategy & Performance Department you will be required to provide professional, efficent and confidential secretairal support to the Head of Strategy & Performance, and administrative assistance to their management team, carrying out general office duties.

 

As a Senior Personal Assistant you will be required to:

  • Organise meetings, events, daily briefings and diary appointments for the manager to enable their time to be used effectively and to the best advantage within the organisation.
  • Lead, manage, motivate, develop and apparaise other Personal Assistants within the management team to ensure continual povision of a Professional and effective PA Service.  
  • Research 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 sensitivity and confidential matters.
  • Maintain, update and archive documents, files and folders to ensure ready access to comprehensive records in compliance with BTP procedures and Data Protection and Freedom of Information principles and provisions.

     

Further information about this vacancy can be found in the attached job description.


The successful Senior Personal Assistant will be required to evidence the following skills/experience:

  • Previous relevant PA/secretarial experience or extensive administrative experience with a high level of organisational ability and attention to detail.


  • Experience in exercising diplomacy, tact and discretion in managing sensitive, personal and confidential matters.

  • Experience of scheduling meetings and events, preparing agendas and documentation, taking and drafting accurate minute.



If you are interested in applying to this Senior Personal Assistant 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 £22,853.24 per annum plus £2,520 London Allowance.
  • 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 and welcome applications from everyone. You must have both the permanent right to live and work in the UK and have been permanently resident in the UK for at least the previous three years. Any cautions or convictions including those deemed ‘spent’ must be declared at the point of application but will not necessarily exclude you from employment.

 

We kindly ask agencies not to send CVs. If CVs are received BTP reserve the right to engage with the candidate directly and without a fee being paid under any circumstances.

This opportunity is closed to applications.