Executive Assistant to Transformation Director and Chief Change Officer

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  • Swindon
  • £31,797-41,228 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 12 days ago
Executive Assistant
Partnerships & Change
Swindon – flexible and remote working options
Band D: £31,797 - £41,228 DOEHere at UKSBS, we are proud to deliver high quality HR, payroll, finance, IT and procurement corporate services and expertise to our public sector partners.Our staff are the key to our success and we always try to go the extra mile to look after them. We can offer flexible and family friendly working arrangements, great benefits, including generous annual leave, supportive and inclusive work environments, and opportunities to learn and grow your career with us.In line with the Government’s Shared Services Strategy, UKSBS is currently engaged as the future service provider within the Matrix Programme. The programmes aim is to deliver a modern, cost-effective and scalable shared business services to nine Departments of State (the Policy Cluster), in a flexible way that can meet changing Government requirements, and drive innovation to optimise efficiencies and enhance user experience. The Programme will also implement a new modern SaaS ERP platform, from which UKSBS can deliver these services, driving harmonisation and significant business change across the Departments. This is a large, complex multi-year programme.As EA to the UKSBS Transformation Director and the Chief Change Officer, you will be responsible for managing their complex and busy schedules, providing comprehensive business support and diary management. You will need to be proactive and comfortable foreseeing issues arising and work to resolve them quickly.This is a varied and challenging role which will require you to be able to build trusted relationships with colleagues, deliver at pace, communicate and collaborate effectively and have real attention to detail. The role will require responding to different types of challenges and tasks on a daily basis in a fast-paced environment. You must be able to react quickly and independently to requests, with the ability to recognise competing priorities and take the initiative to make decisions and respond as needed.To do this role well you will need:
  • Considerable EA or PA experience
  • Ability to identify, prioritise, plan and co-ordinate own workload and that of others, working independently without supervision and using own judgement to escalate where required
  • Attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
  • High competency of using Outlook, Word, SharePoint and strong Microsoft Excel skills for reporting
  • Experience of working in a fast paced environment.
In return for your skills and experience, we work a mixture of full and part time hours across a 37hr week with varying working patterns. We have a hybrid working model which offers flexibility; this role requires you to be available to attend the office as needed.More information on the role and our benefits can be found here.For additional information and a confidential discussion, please contact our Recruitment Team on recruiting@uksbs.co.uk.We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications.Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 2nd June 2024. Interviews are scheduled for: 11th and 13th June 2024. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of quality applications.Only online applications are accepted in the form of an up-to-date CV. If you are unable to apply online or do not wish to create an account but would still like to apply for a specific role, please contact our Recruitment Team at recruiting@uksbs.co.uk.UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.We look forward to hearing from you.We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.For more information on UK SBS, please visit .

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