Executive Assistant - Reading

Councillor Services Team Leader

Reading

Experience:

• Worked in democratic organisations (local government, national government etc)
• Worked in an office environment that required confidentiality and discretion
• Worked in a team with multiple demands, often with tight timescales, and with multiple senior leaders to support
• Experience of supporting a senior leader in a complex organisations

Skills:

• Able to build trust and confidence quickly
• Ability to handle sensitive information with a high degree of discretion
• Strong management skills, with the ability to identify and implement improvements quickly
• Strong organisational skills, managing a variety of requests at a fast pace, and coordinating between different teams with different priorities and demands
• Strong political acumen, recognising the political environment in which councillors work, and the apolitical role of officers
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Maintaining an calm environment whilst managing pressure

Description:

• To provide a comprehensive, specialist and proactive EA service to the councillors of Reading Borough Council
• By using initiative appropriately, assess and prioritise incoming requests and enquiries, deflect and/or signpost and/or delegate to others. This includes dealing with external and internal contacts including other councillors, Members of Parliament, Chief Executive, Executive Directors, Assistant Directors, Police, other local authorities and principal officers.
• Take full ownership, responsibility and accountability on tasks, issues and enquiries (where appropriate); progress/chase to satisfactory completion and provide priority updates and/or draft results/responses

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