Job Specifications
10 South Colonnade, London
Job Summary
We are recruiting a Personal Assistant to join our Executive Support team.
As the Personal Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in supporting one or more deputy directors for Education. The role involves managing schedules, handling correspondence, and ensuring efficient day-to-day operations.
This is a fantastic opportunity to further your experience in Ofsted’s well-established team. The post holder will work with high-achieving professionals at all levels, surrounded by a friendly and supportive team. They will have access to amazing benefits, such as flexible working hours, the Civil Service Pension Scheme, and 32.5 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays. We offer a hybrid working model, so you may also choose to spend a proportion of time working from home.
Job Description
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Person specification
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Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
Managing a Quality Service
Delivering at Pace
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Experience as a Personal Assistant or in a similar administrative support role, working with senior leaders or directors in a fast-paced, professional environment.
Ability to work quickly and effectively to tight deadlines and manage changing/conflicting priorities.
Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
Have strong written and verbal communication skills and an ability to communicate clearly with a variety of stakeholders
Proficient in using Microsoft Office 365 applications, including Outlook, One Note, Teams, Word and Excel.
Alongside your salary of £34,965, Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills contributes £10,129 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Full details of the benefits available can be found in our Ofsted Offer brochure.
Ofsted is devoted to equality, diversity and inclusion. Within our Ofsted Strategy 2023-2027 we have stated that we will improve the representation of under-represented groups across the organisation and publish our progress on this annually. We are always looking to expand on our diverse workforce by recruiting candidates from varied backgrounds and differing experiences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident – Leader, we continually engage with our 5 staff networks for protected characteristics, and highlight the work of our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Group. We ensure all candidates are treated with fair and open competition, with all appointments being made on merit and we use our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) to provide assurance to all candidates of this.
Ofsted is committed to maintaining employee health and wellbeing, whether it is physically, emotionally, financially or socially, and offers a range of benefits to support employees in this. Such benefits include the option to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme, professional and personal development opportunities, 32.5 annual leave days per annum (plus eight days public holiday) and access to counselling and advisory services.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
Application And Shortlisting
The selection panel will assess your application based on your evidence you have provided against the essential criteria as set out in the job specification.
If we receive a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted based on the following lead criterion:
Ability to work quickly and effectively to tight deadlines and manage changing/conflicting priorities.
Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
Applicants who meet this initial eligibility criterion will be invited to progress to the next stage of the selection process. If required, a further full sift will be undertaken, where all applications that passed the initial sift will be assessed against the complete set of essential criteria outlined in the job description.
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About the Company
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people.
Every week, we carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England.
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