Personal Assistant

Wokingham Borough Council is seeking a Personal Assistant to provide essential support to the Council’s Leadership Team. The role involves managing diaries, organizing meetings, maintaining records, and creating documents, while also offering project support. Responsibilities To work with some autonomy, to effectively deliver administrative support that meets the needs of the manager, service or project, seeking advice when required to effectively delegate or escalate enquiries Diary management and arranging meetings. Attend meetings as required to take and produce clear, concise minutes, ensure prompt circulation of these and manage the actions arising Support the operational and functional management of the service including the distribution of resources to meet customer and organisational needs, while supporting corporate initiatives Preparation of letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations with a high degree of confidentiality and accuracy Take ownership of calls/enquiries and ensure that outstanding tasks are followed up and dealt with to the satisfaction of both the customer and the Council Skills Enthusiastic Discreet Flexible Resilient Ability to prioritise work effectively Excellent IT skills Excellent organisational skills Ability to meet tight deadlines Attention to detail Excellent communicator ‘Can do' attitude Knowledge of Microsoft Teams Benefits A generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays Enrolment to an excellent local government pension scheme An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline A range of local & lifestyle discounts Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office) Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes And much more! Company Overview When Wokingham Children’s services become involved in the life of a child we want to ensure that our social workers have the support, time and resources to provide the quality of service that they themselves would wish to receive. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Wokingham, England, GB, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is