What is the job role?
Are you experienced in offering Personal Assistant support?
A genuine, confident, team player who enjoys building productive relationships across organisations?
If yes, we want to hear from you!
We have an exciting and great opportunity to recruit a Personal Assistant in our team. We are a flexible organisation and currently working in a hybrid manner.
In these roles you will be part of a Team supporting our Councillors to deliver outstanding results for the city.
The skills you will bring to the role will include:
1. Experience of working in a busy administration background and looking to develop those skills further in an interesting and challenging environment.
2. Good IT skills with the ability to prepare minutes.
3. An awareness of the role of a Councillor.
4. The ability to work flexibly as part of a busy team, working to strict deadlines and managing conflicting demands.
5. Excellent organisational skills.
6. Experience of dealing with confidential information.
7. A ‘can do’ attitude.
Who are we looking for?
Member Services are a team of ESOs and PAs, who all work in a collaborative open and honest manner, we are supportive of each other, and we have an excellent method of sharing best practice in all that we do. Any new recruits to our team will have a comprehensive induction and support to help them integrate into their new role.
Please complete an application form, tell us about your previous experience and where you have used your skills to shine!
For an informal conversation regarding the role please call Julie on during office hours.
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
8. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
9. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
10. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s):
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.