Personal Assistant (PA)
OFGEM
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 7th October 2024
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Job summary
Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. Ofgem’s purpose is to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.
This is an exciting time to join Ofgem as a Personal Assistant (PA) and be a key member of a busy and collaborative EA/PA cohort. This role puts you at the heart of the organisation providing a full range of secretarial and administrative support to 2/3 Deputy Directors within the portfolio assigned. The successful candidate will work closely with other Executive Assistants (EAs) and PAs across their directorate and have exposure to a wide variety of projects and people and will have plenty of opportunity to learn, grow and make the role your own.
Job description
The role offers lots of autonomy, so we are looking for someone who is proactive and confident enough to challenge the status quo and change the way we do things. At the same time, you will be part of a collaborative and experienced team who are ready to support and train you.
You are likely to work at a senior level as a Personal Assistant or Team Administrator. Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities. Good interpersonal and networking skills are essential, and you will be ready to cooperate closely with others. A high level of proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) is essential.
Person specification
- Experience of providing administrative support in a fast-paced environment. Planning, organising, and prioritising where priorities are constantly changing. (LEAD)
- Good interpersonal and networking skills with the ability to communicate with staff and industry contacts at all levels.
- Proactive and able to work with minimum supervision.
- Demonstrable ability to work as part of a team.
- Highly Proficient with the MS Office suite (ideally including OneNote).
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please refer to the Candidate Pack attached for full details.
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Selection process details
1. When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.
2. As part of the application process you will need to complete and pass the online Civil Service Work Strengths Test. More information on preparing for this test can be found here.
3. You will also be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘supporting statement’ evidencing how your experience meets the essential and desirable criteria on the attached role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly how you meet each of the person specification criteria. Or to apply for this role, you are required to submit a CV and answer the application questions. At sift, your CV and answers to the application question should cover the criteria against the essential and desirable person specification criteria (Experience) contained within the role profile.
4. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview where they will be assessed using behaviours-based questions and a selection of technical questions specific to the role.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Emma Tosh
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk