Secretary

Salary: £13.58 per hour

We are proud to be recruiting on behalf of Cheshire Constabulary for the role of Secretary.

The purpose of this role is to work in a team of secretarial staff to deliver a professional secretarial service to senior members of staff in accordance with agreed standards.

The details:

Salary: £13.58an hour

Duration: Temporary

Location: Northern LPU (Widnes, Warrington and Runcorn)

Hours: 37, Monday-Friday Flexi

The Details:

• Day to day management of multiple email accounts, diaries, appointments, correspondence and telephone calls,
  ensuring that important issues are appropriately actioned.
• To provide an efficient documentation production service for senior staff. This includes preparation of
  correspondence and other documentation (including briefings, presentations, agendas, invitations, minutes and
  action logs of meetings) ensuring that they contain relevant and accurate information.
• Attendance at meetings and briefings to take minutes and/or actions as directed by senior members of staff.
• Provide resilience to peers within the team of secretarial staff so ensuring continuity of a professional
  administrative/secretarial service.
• Ensure requests received through the Case Management Tool are actioned, updated and closed in accordance
  with agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Maintain an efficient filing system, storing and organising all paperwork and documents which will enable easy
  retrieval by all Secretaries when required.
• May be required to attend meetings outside of county with Senior Officer to take minutes – requirement to be
  flexible.

Skills and Requirements:

• Educated to Level 2 or equivalent relevant experience.
• Previous experience working in a secretarial/PA role working at a high level within an organisation.
• Experience in a customer focussed environment.
• Previous experience of minute taking or dictation when required (shorthand is not essential, but must have the ability to take coherent and accurate notes at speed).
• Excellent keyboard skills -fast and accurate
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to liaise and engage with senior members of staff and the
  general public.
• Good understanding of IT packages such as Microsoft Office (including Excel/ Word and PowerPoint) and
  be fully conversant with Outlook / emails.
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to pay attention to detail
• Ability to plan work, use initiative and meet tight deadlines

Please be aware the role is subjected to a vetting process, which means you must meet vetting requirement.

If you are interested please apply to the advert above, and one of our recruitment consultants will be in contact if your CV is shortlisted.

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