Employer: Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
Salary: £34,000 – £37,000 per annum, inc benefits
Date Added: 14/12/2023
PA to Director of Charity Development and Directorate Co-ordinator
Remote-based (UK), with regular travel to the London office, and some travel to other parts of England and Wales where we work
Salary £34,000 to £37,000 per annum, closing date 14 January 2024
About Us
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.
Through unrestricted funding, support to develop, and influencing policy and practice, we help small and local charities thrive, communities grow stronger, and people overcome complex issues and barriers so they can transform their lives.
We are now looking for PA to Director of Charity Development and Directorate Co-ordinator to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis.
The Benefits
– Generous annual leave (25–30 days pa plus statutory days)
– Pension scheme (up to 13% contribution by the Foundation)
– Private medical insurance that includes dental, eye care and mental health (on completion of probation)
– Comprehensive training and development plan and dedicated budget
– Employee assistance programme
– Season ticket loan
– Cycle to work scheme
– Flexible working (part-time, home working, compressed hours etc.)
– Volunteering opportunities (two days per year)
We’re committed to supporting every one of our team members to achieve their full potential as we understand that every single person working with us is vital to both our success and the success of the organisations we support. That’s why we prioritise your development as well as providing flexible working options and volunteering days.
So, if you’re ready to engage with a variety of people and make a real difference, read on and apply today!
The Role
This is a key role in the Charity Development & Funding Directorate, the overall purpose of the role is to provide support to the Director of Charity Development (DoCD) and the wider team to ensure the successful delivery of the funding programmes and development support to small and local charities. The postholder will also deputise for the Executive Assistant (EA) to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and provide support to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) as and when required.
You’ll be a motivated member of the team, who is unfazed by working to deadlines or under pressure and has a good eye for detail, enabling us to deliver our emerging programme of work with excellence. You will work closely with the Director, both Heads of Grants, Head of Grant Management and the Skills-based Volunteering Lead.
You will have previous demonstrable experience as working as a PA to a busy senior leader as well as in providing excellent customer service skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
About You
We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what we are looking for:
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills
– Strong organisational, administrative and prioritisation skills to work effectively on own initiative to resolve issues/enquiries and manage multiple tasks
– Excellent time management skills to plan and prioritise workload
– Impeccable attention to detail, organisational skills and ability to manage your own time and workload across a number of workstreams, delivering on deadline and on budget
– Commitment to equal opportunities and to tackling disadvantage and willingness to uphold the Foundation’s values in all areas of work
– Some knowledge and understanding of the voluntary and social enterprise sectors
– Experience as a volunteer or work experience in a charity or funding organisation
The Foundation is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. This includes making changes such as providing note takers during interviews, additional time given for assessments and allowing candidates to use specific accessibility software so that Disabled people or those with long term health conditions can fully participate. We have Disability Confident Employer Committed status which guarantees an interview to Disabled people who meet the essential recruitment criteria.
If you are not able to use our online application system and you would like to apply in a different way, such as having the application form in a Word format or if you would like to submit your application as a video, please contact our HR team to explore this further. Please refer to our website for more information.
Finally, we will ask you to answer four questions designed to test your ability to do the job. Please give it your best effort, your scores on these questions will be the primary consideration in whether you are invited for an interview. To avoid bias, we do not look at CVs until later in the process.
So, if you’re excited about this role and think that this could be your next move, then please apply via the button shown.
You may just be the right candidate for this role.
Please note that in the event of a high volume of applications being received, we reserve the right to close this role, earlier than the stated closing date.
Other organisations may call this role Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, EA, PA, Secretary, Office Assistant, Office Co-ordinator, Administrator, or Admin Assistant.
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Application Deadline: 25/01/2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Submitted Applications: 0