About The Role
Swale Borough Council is seeking an organised, proactive PA to Directors to provide high quality executive support to senior leaders. This is a varied role where you'll coordinate diaries, prepare meetings, take accurate minutes, manage communications, and help ensure smooth delivery of corporate priorities.
What You'll Do
* Provide professional, confidential PA support to Directors and Heads of Service.
* Manage complex and fast moving executive diaries, coordinating meetings, and events, prepare high quality meeting papers, actively track, chase and record actions.
* Communicate confidently and effectively at all levels, across Directors, Members, senior officers, staff, partner organisations and members of the public.
* Leading on high‑level enquiries, complaints and sensitive correspondence on behalf of Directors and Heads of Service.
* Managing politically sensitive and confidential information with a high degree of discretion.
* Provide administrative support to the Monitoring Officer on corporate governance requirements, including maintaining statutory registers and Member conduct complaints.
This is a full time position working 34 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a permanent contract. The role is hybrid, requiring attendance at Swale House at least twice a week, with additional on site working as operational needs require, alongside homeworking
About You
* Experienced PA or executive support professional, ideally within local government.
* Excellent communication, organisation and time management skills
* Confident minute taker with strong attention to detail.
* Proficient in MS Office/Teams and comfortable working independently.
* Discreet, proactive and able to manage competing priorities.
If you're a motivated PA who thrives in a busy, professional environment, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
Swale Borough Council is a progressive and ambitious Local Authority, located less than an hour from Central London in an attractive and diverse part of Kent involving urban, rural, and coastal areas. The Borough is facing an exciting period of change, with plans for major growth, which brings challenges and opportunities over the next few years for placemaking professionals.
Our Offer
A range of benefits including:
* Invitations to staff events to celebrate success and support wellbeing that include holistic therapies and outdoor activities
* Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential & independent information and access to counsellors
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Life Assurance – three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
* Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy additional leave
* Season Ticket Loan - to help with the cost of your rail/ bus journey, to & from work
* Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand-new car. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
* A wide range of flexible working opportunities
* Annual flu vaccine
* Cycle to work scheme
* Staff benefits discounts on leisure, eating out, holidays and shopping
* Excellent learning and career opportunities for committed individuals
* A professional fee payment, if required for the role
Selection Process
Following the submission of your application form, it will be reviewed by the recruiting manager. Those that are successful in securing an interview can expect job specific interview assessment, followed by a face-to-face interview.
Swale Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Lorraine Burke, Executive Support Manager on or email
Job Description & Person Specification:
Interview Date: Wednesday 11 March 2026
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