At a Glance
- Tasks: Support senior leaders by coordinating priorities and providing high-quality briefings.
- Company: Join the Office for Students, a key player in education policy.
- Benefits: Generous salary, Civil Service pension, and a commitment to diversity.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in education while developing your professional skills.
- Qualifications: Strong writing and communication skills, with a knack for decision-making.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 67000 £ per year.
Job Overview
Senior Private Secretary - Bristol£56,209 - £58,820 plus generous Civil Service defined benefit pension.
As Senior Private Secretary, you will play a central role in supporting the Chair and Chief Executives of the Office for Students (Of S).
You will coordinate complex and fast moving priorities, provide high quality briefings, and help ensure that key decisions and actions are delivered.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate complex and fast moving priorities and ensure that key decisions and actions are delivered.
- Provide high quality briefings to senior leaders, preparing them for meetings and events.
- Support executive decision making and help navigate complex issues and competing demands.
- Lead improvements to how the private office operates.
- Build strong relationships with colleagues across the Of S and with external stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the work of the Of S and the context it operates in.
- Strong writing skills and the ability to provide accurate and reliable information in a timely manner.
- Ability to communicate complex issues effectively through both verbal and written communication.
- Ability to take the initiative and make decisions relating to the operational parts of the role.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, showing openness, professionalism and an ability to support delivery of senior priorities through others.
- Ability to prioritise work and deliver high quality outcomes under time pressure and in the face of competing demands.
- Ability to exercise judgement, discretion and professionalism appropriate to a senior support role, enabling effective decision making and delivery through others.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the Of S's priorities, and the ability to utilise judgement and creativity to apply these priorities to decision making in novel situations.
- Equality and Diversity
We recruit based on fair and open competition and welcome applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, race and ethnicity, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We value diversity and the wealth of perspectives, experience and ideas that it brings to our work, and we strive to embed equality of opportunity in everything we do.
Senior Private Secretary in Bristol employer: The Office for Students
The Office for Students in Bristol is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that values collaboration and innovation. Employees benefit from ongoing professional development opportunities, a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a meaningful impact in the education sector. With a focus on employee well-being and a commitment to fostering growth, this role provides a rewarding career path in a vibrant city.
