PA to Director

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom

Job description

Are you an organised, proactive individual with exceptional multitasking abilities and a keen eye for detail?

Are you looking for a role that provides personal development and career progression?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a Personal Assistant (PA) to our Director.

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is an executive agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), delivering over £2 billion in payments to farmers, traders and landowners each year.

The successful candidate would join the Defra Livestock Information Transformation Programme (LITP). We are committed towards improving the government’s ability to trace livestock, so we can minimise widespread disease outbreaks and provide effective assurance to trade partners and citizens concerning our livestock food chain.

LITP is an ambitious and dynamic programme aiming to provide a single service for England to trace livestock. We are utilising exciting new technologies, such as automation, to improve tracking and streamline numerous outdated digital reporting systems into a new multi-species technology system.

This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the agency with plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression

The successful candidate will ensure that the Director of the LITP is able to use their time effectively. You will have the opportunity to be engaged and involved in directorate-wide initiatives and will play an important role in supporting the senior management team.

This role offers tremendous variety and challenge with exposure to high-level and strategic decision making. We are looking for a confident communicator and a highly motivated individual who has absolute integrity as this role involves dealing with confidential and sensitive subjects.

If you have the ambition and the drive to work in a fast-paced and changing environment, in which innovation is welcome, then we encourage you to apply.

There will be an expectation to carry out some travel within the UK as part of this role.

What will the successful candidate be doing?

• Preparing all diary logistics, including paperwork and briefing material, ensuring that the Director is always in the correct location, with the correct papers and aware of upcoming appointments.
• Managing the Directors’ schedule and arranging meetings to ensure sufficient time for priorities, travel and desk-time.
• Organising travel and accommodation arrangements for the Director when necessary.
• Acting as first point of contact for the Director for advice, enquiries and information.
• Being alert to key issues, setting deadlines and chasing responses.
• Interacting with colleagues within the directorate, throughout RPA and wider Defra.
• Engaging with internal and external colleagues to build and maintain strong relationships and to take care of diary issues effectively.

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Salary

£27.47k - £28.61k per annum