Kenect Recruitment is hiring a Personal Assistant in Preston!

Postcode: PR1 8XJ

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We're Kenect Recruitment, and we provide job seekers with the fastest way to find temporary work that fits their lifestyles, giving you the choice over where, when, and how you work.

We're looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals with a can-do attitude to work as a Personal Assistant for our well-established client

Pay rates : 13.47 per hour

Total hour: 37 hour/week

Shift pattern : Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.00

Responsibilities

Select appropriate procedures to carry out tasks of an increasingly high-risk nature due to supporting Directors
Maintain and provide a support service for Directors daily schedule, including forward planning of workload, diary management and co-ordinating and collating all relevant paperwork.
Manage the diary to ensure that adequate opportunity is afforded for comfort breaks, responding to e mails, staff, emergencies, relay messages and commission work.
Service meetings, including preparation of meeting papers, obtaining, and preparing briefing materials and presentations, and taking minutes when requested/where necessary
Provide information and practical, routine advice to internal customers by interpreting established procedures and applying best practice.
Keep up to date with changes in policy/legislation/contractual requirements to ensure service delivery is effective and complies with appropriate regulations, quality standards and service level agreements.
Regularly communicate with other agencies and service providers to share information, build working relationship and to ensure joined up service provision
In addition to the skills knowledge and experience described above, you may be required to undertake a lower graded role as appropriate.

Requirements:

4 GCSEs at Grade A*-C or 9-4, including English and Maths
May be working towards a professional qualification or be of graduate entry level with sound practical experience.

Experience:

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft programmes especially Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel
Experience of working alongside senior leadership in a supporting role
Experience of supporting a director as a PA and the functions that come with that, such as minute taking and diary management.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 2 months