Job Details
Camden Council are looking for an Executive Officer to support the organisation creating the necessary conditions for the whole organisation, its people, processes and culture to deliver, as effectively as it can, a high-quality end to end Human Resources advice and support service to the Senior Managers, staff and related stakeholders and provide a first class advisory service for all terms and conditions advice.
Take lead responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of the Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme Director’s daily operations. Managing a
busy schedule through effective diary management and meeting planning, proactively ensuring the best use of time; using knowledge and judgement to help the
organisation achieve its priorities. By proactively planning ahead, ensure that time is available for organisational priorities.
• Provide effective and efficient high level support in the management of correspondence, including inbox management, acting on emails as necessary and, using a high
level of judgement, deciding on appropriate actions. Draft substantive responses on behalf of the Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme
Director; ensuring that these are of a high quality and that the use of English is exemplary.
• Work closely with the office of the Authority chair, Camden chief executive (formally the Authority Clerk), board of LondonEnergy Ltd, Members’ offices and colleagues in
the Authority. This is to ensure close coordination with relevant leaders on delivering the Authority’s responsibilities and ensuring that we are responsive to external
demands.
• Represent and communicate on behalf of the Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme Director – internally and externally. Maintain political
awareness, sensitivity, confidentiality and discretion to address these appropriately and ensure extremely high levels of customer service are delivered. Proactively
support the Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme Director in ensuring that strong relations and coordination are maintained with constituent
boroughs and wider organisations (eg the Greater London Authority, London Environment Directors Network)
• Coordinate planning for and follow up from Corporate Leadership Team meetings.
• Proactively work with others across the organisation to request information, commission advice as needed and follow through to ensure they are delivered and are in an
appropriate format.
• On behalf of Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme Director the develop briefings and presentations. This will involve liaison with colleagues in
the Authority team and development of an understanding of subject matter.
• Advocate new ways of working and provide innovative and imaginative solutions to support to the Managing Director / Director of Corporate Services / Programme
Director. This could include the adoption and trialling of the use of technology.
• Carrying out business management duties such as dealing with purchase orders, administering daily variation reports (sickness / absence) and more
• Supporting the wider organisation with any administrative / project support type activity
Payrate: £28.69 umbrella
