Personal Assistant £32,380 per annum (pay award pending) Grade 5 Leeds / Hybrid Full time 37 hours per week Permanent Closing date: Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11:55pm Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and/or job share. We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and motivated Personal Assistant to join our well-established Senior Leadership Support Team. Experience of providing confidential administrative support in a busy environment is essential along with excellent communication skills. The ability to establish strong working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders is fundamental to this important role. You will be the first point of contact for Directors and will be required to work collaboratively with teams and the wider directorates. This post is subject to vetting clearance. Due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement that the successful applicant will be subject to relevant vetting checks at the appropriate level and any job offer will be conditional subject to successful vetting clearance. Applicants should be aware that it is not possible to make meaningful vetting enquiries in many jurisdictions outside the UK. Vetting clearance cannot therefore be granted if the applicant has not been resident in the UK for the relevant minimum period and comparable vetting enquiries cannot be made in jurisdictions where the individual has been residing. The relevant periods are three years for NPPV 1&2 and five years for NPPV3. Further guidance can be found here. Our Offer Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including: · Work your way – From flexible and agile working options, including a generous flexi-time scheme to help you balance your personal life and career. · Time to recharge – Enjoy 28 days of annual leave (with increases based on length of service), plus all Bank Holidays. · Free greener travel across West Yorkshire – Cover your commute sustainably with unlimited free bus and rail travel using the MCard (Zones 1–5). · Secure your future – Benefit from a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme. · Investing in you – Take advantage of fully funded professional development, regular training, and up to 3 paid volunteering days per year. · Grow with us – Incremental salary progression for most roles and annual cost of living increases. · Family first – We offer enhanced parental and bereavement leave, plus other family-friendly policies to support you when it matters most. · Your wellbeing, our priority – Access 24/7 free confidential counselling services and the Headspace app for you and up to 5 family or friends. · Modern workspace in a prime location – Work in bright, contemporary offices just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station, fully equipped with the latest tech. The Role Reporting into the Executive Assistant, your key responsibilities will include: · Providing a high-level professional, confidential secretarial and administrative service to the Directors of West Yorkshire Combined Authority. · Managing the Director’s inbox, including prioritisation, responding, delegating and drafting responses on their behalf along with diary management. · Utilising knowledge of the Combined Authority’s priorities to manage enquires from various internal and external stakeholders and actioning urgent enquiries in the absence of Directors applying judgement in how queries should be dealt with. · Providing professional and confidential secretariat support to various meetings and ensuring Directors are prepared for meetings including commissioning and managing briefings, report and actions for meetings. · Arranging, sourcing and booking cost effective travel and accommodation for Directors and preparing travel itineraries and booking of venues for conferences/events. About You You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience: · Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English or equivalent. · Practical experience of successfully performing in a similar role. · Experience of responding efficiently and clearly to requests from customers and stakeholders. · Strong communication skills and team player. · Experience of successfully identifying appropriate communication channels to deliver information. To Apply If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form. Further Information The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity. or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis