Role: Leadership Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours per week
Grade: C1

Shared Services consists of over 1,000 employees in the Business Support Centre and Business Administration Service. Both of these services provide administration support to a wide range of teams and services across the council. We help the council to streamline operations by redesigning processes, reviewing models of delivery and introducing technology to modernise the way we work.
This role is based in the Leadership & Governance Hub where you would be responsible for providing a professional and flexible support function to senior leaders and their teams to ensure effective and efficient delivery of their services. The duties of the post includes supporting meetings including the preparation of agendas, reports and minutes, email management, using spreadsheets and databases as well as providing general office administration. You will be required to deal with a wide range of written and telephone enquiries from members of the public, Elected Members and partner organisations.

Our staff are organised, hard-working team players who enjoy a variety of tasks, therefore it is important that you can work cohesively as part of a supportive team. The ideal candidate will have excellent organisational skills and be a confident communicator, with the ability to prioritise workloads, taking innovative proactive and reactive approaches to problem solving and task completion.

The successful candidate must possess good interpersonal skills, working well with others to provide flexible support in the wider service when directed.

Benefits of working with us:
We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work. You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:
- A competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions.
- A flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development.
- Support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support.
- Hybrid working arrangements (subject to needs of the role) and a flexitime system.

For more information about our benefits please see the benefits section of our jobs page. www.leeds.gov.uk/jobs

Leeds City Council are committed to promoting and living our values of :
Being open, honest and trusted ~ treating people fairly ~ spending money wisely ~ working as a team for Leeds ~ working with communities .

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve.
Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list.
We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.