Senior Executive Assistant

Senior Executive Assistant

Based in Prospect Liverpool Office

Salary range £29,355 to £35,051 per annum

Prospect is the trade union of choice for professional, technical and managerial staff in a range of occupations across the public and private sectors – our members vary from nuclear physicists and engineers to film directors and cinematographers – with many more in between, currently our membership stands at over 140,000.

For each of these members we provide advice, support, and representation, a voice in both national and devolved government and industry policy. We employ in excess of 250 staff, many in our London headquarters, but also in our offices in the English regions, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Our shared standards of respect, working together, service excellence, accountability and integrity define the way we interact with our members, with our reps, and with each other.

Prospect is seeking to recruit a Senior Executive Assistant to support the National Secretary and negotiations team based in our Liverpool office. This is a permanent position and your core working week will be 35 hours. You will need to have a positive attitude, excellent attention to detail and good organisational skills to ensure the highest level of service is provided to Prospect Members and to the team around you.

Specifically, the applicants should have:

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills with experience in dealing with confidential and sensitive issues
• Strong team worker and motivator
• Comprehensive administration skills with excellent attention to detail including the ability to take minutes of meetings
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
• Diary management
• Office management skills including supervisory experience
• Strong IT skills
• Ability to solve problems in a professional manner
• Influencing skills
• Ability to follow processes and systems

Employee benefits include:

• 25 days leave on entry rising to 33 days over time in addition to bank/public holidays
• a contributory defined benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution
• 3% incremental steps on basic salary at 1 Jan each year subject to successful performance in the role and the maximum of the grade
• access to training to support career development plus many other benefits

The closing date: NOON Friday 12^th April 2019. (CV’s will not be accepted)     

Prospect is an equal opportunities employer