Location
Great Sankey, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We have a great opportunity for a Secretary in Central Operations. As a Secretary, you will provide a pro-active, secretarial and administrative service to the Central Operations Director.
Job Accountabilities
- Management of diary to ensure best use of available time to meet key commitments
- Triaging of requests and contact to enable responses are prioritised as necessary
- Compilation of meeting and briefing documentation such as agendas, minutes, presentations and briefing packs
- First point of contact for internal and external visitors.
- Co-ordinate travel and accommodation arrangements.
- Raise purchase orders.
- Organisation of external functions and meetings.
- Management of meeting room bookings.
- Holiday and absence cover will need to be provided for the other secretaries as appropriate.
- Work may require working non-standard hours on some occasions.
- Will need to be able to prioritise conflicting demands from different members of the team.
- The role requires working unsupervised and therefore requires a pro-active approach.
Knowledge and Skills
- Highly competent in the use of all MS Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Teams.
- Able to present a professional approach at all times.
- A self-motivated individual with the ability to work with Senior Managers.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to provide attention to detail.
- Integrity, discretion and confidentiality are critical for this role.
Significant experience in a similar role is required.
Additional Information
We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background. If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service. Closing Date: 03/01/24
Job tags
Salary
