Personal Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Sandwell College
Sandwell
- £27,162 - £31,501 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Apply by:
- 3 November 2020
Job overview
Personal Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Location: Sandwell College, West Bromwich
Closing Date: Tuesday 03 November 2020
Sandwell College is a great place to work; a large, successful, richly diverse and growing college with a turnover of over £40m. Having achieved ‘Further Education College of the year’ in 2019, the College has achieved huge success over recent years and has further, big ambitions for its future.
The college has two state of the art campuses in West Bromwich accessible through excellent transport links and, having merged with Cadbury College, now has an exciting and growing Sixth Form College in Birmingham.
The successful candidate will evidence well-developed interpersonal skills and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, negotiating ability and tact to promote good relationships within and outside the college. You will also hold experience of organising and managing a range of activities and plans and have a proactive approach thinking ahead for those managers you are supporting.
You will be highly articulate, with the ability to work under pressure and to tight timelines. With a polished and professional outlook, you will have excellent command of grammar and punctuation with strong IT capabilities and an exceptional telephone manner with the ability to liaise with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
This is a key role in providing an effective secretarial support function for the College’s Senior Leadership Team, taking independent and pro-active action where appropriate and in a fully-professional manner. The ideal candidate will be driven and professional individual who works well within a team as well as autonomously and able to use their own initiative prioritising their own workloads.
This would be a great opportunity for an individual with experience in a PA or secretarial role to take on a role that involves a high level of responsibility and drive. If you are highly motivated, hardworking and reliable, we would love to hear from you.
The post will close at midnight on 3rd November 2020.
To view the full job description please click see attached document.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date.
Interviews: First stage interviews will take place week commencing TBC
Attached documents
About Sandwell College
About Sandwell College
Sandwell College is a great place to work; a large, successful and growing College that has achieved significant success over recent years and has further, big ambitions for its future.
It has two state of the art campuses in West Bromwich accessible through excellent transport links and, following a successful merger with Cadbury Sixth Form College, has an exciting presence in Birmingham.
The majority of the College’s full-time students are aged 16-18, studying courses designed to give them skills for the modern workplace in a learning environment fully equipped with a specialist automotive centre, beauty and hairdressing salons, computer suites, construction workshops, engineering and science laboratories, fashion and photography studios, a sports hall and a 170-seater theatre.
Principal
Graham Pennington
Values and vision
Sandwell College aims to help students achieve their goals and take their next step, whether that be further progression with the college, Higher Education, or employment and training. It also aims to offer its students first class guidance and support and to do everything it possibly can to help them succeed, driving innovation and quality forward.
Sandwell College’s objective is to give young people the best possible transition from school to college and get them into top universities and careers. It is also strongly committed to creating opportunities for its adult learners by working closely with local and regional businesses, both large and small, to help them develop a skilled workforce.
Ofsted
“The large majority of students make good or better progress. Students develop very good personal, social and employability skills that prepare them well for further study and for the world of work. Teaching and learning are good, and often outstanding. Students benefit from the college’s excellent teaching, study and social spaces, with very high quality resources and equipment to support learning.”
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