Personal Assistant
Job summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Personal Assistant to join HM Land Registry. In this role, you will work closely with the most senior leaders in the organisation, gaining valuable insight into how the directorate operates at a strategic level. The work is varied and fast paced, requiring you to think quickly, use your initiative, and play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the Director’s day.
You will become a central point of contact for queries relating to your director and directorate, building strong working relationships and developing a deep understanding of their priorities. You will also be part of the Executive Hub, a supportive team who collaborate to solve problems and deliver shared goals. In addition, there will be opportunities to get involved in wider activities across the Chief Executive’s Office.
Job description
As a member of the Executive Hub, the team which supports HM Land Registry directors, you will provide administrative/secretarial support for an executive director ensuring a well organised environment and smooth running of their activities. This will include inbox management, managing incoming correspondence/telephone calls and managing the Director’s diary.
You will prioritise and manage urgent actions, support in arranging senior meetings and events and ensure relevant information is available in advance of meetings. You will take minutes at meetings, make travel arrangements and manage expenses.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide support to other directors and the Director's Senior Leadership Team, within the Service Delivery Business Support Team.
Please see the attached job description for more details.
Person specification
To be successful in this role, you will have effective organisational and time management skills, with the ability to react well to changing priorities in a busy environment.
You will have a proven ability to communicate effectively with senior colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
You will be proactive and a team player, who will support colleagues in the completion of tasks.
You will also have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft office.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £32,119, HM Land Registry contributes £9,304 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.#WeAreHMLR
At HM Land Registry our vision is a world leading property market as part of a thriving economy and a sustainable future. We are unique in terms of the economic and social impacts of our work, our ability to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers, our sense of mission, and our great people. They are the foundation of all we have achieved and all we aspire to in the future. We want our people to feel proud to work for HM Land Registry and able to fulfil their full potential.
We have a strong and positive culture, a commitment to inclusivity, an emphasis on continuous learning and development, and flexible ways of working. We offer competitive pay and annual leave, attractive pension options and a wide range of other benefits.
- We have integrity– we value honesty, trust and doing the right thing in the right way.
- We drive innovation– we are forward-thinking, embrace change and are continually improving our processes.
- We are professional– we value and grow our knowledge and professional expertise.
- We give assurance– we guarantee our services and provide confidence to the property market.
Things you need to know
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, Strengths, Ability and Experience.To apply please complete the short application form and take the Civil Service Verbal test.
If you pass the test, you will be invited to complete the full application form.
Please upload an anonymous CV when prompted, to include your skills and career history. Your CV will be assessed against the essential experience criteria detailed in the attached job description.
The Personal Statement section (in no more than 1000 words) should be used to outline your skills and experience for the role and detail how you meet the following essential experience criteria:
- Working in a busy environment, dealing with constant changes to plans and priorities
- Experience in a similar role and working confidently to and alongside senior colleagues and stakeholders, responding to requests for information efficiently
- Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences and grades for a variety of purposes
- Experience of being proactive and a self-starter to get tasks completed
In the event of a high volume of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the below essential 'Experience' criteria:
- Experience in a similar role and working confidently to and alongside senior colleagues and stakeholders, responding to requests for information efficiently
Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.
If we receive a high number of applications you maybe put through to a telephone interview prior to the next stage.
Interview
If you are successful at this stage, then you will be invited to attend a blended video interview, week commencing 9th March 2026 which will be held remotely through MS Teams.
Further information will be provided to those who are selected to interview. The blended interview will test the behaviours and essential experience criteria listed in the job description, as well as the strengths associated with the role.
Please note, the Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the entire recruitment process are of your own experience. HM Land Registry take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Any detected instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating, including the use of artificial intelligence, will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.
Candidates may refer to notes within their video interview but they should be used as a prompt only.
HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. DCS applicants who meet the minimum criteria at shortlisting may be invited to attend an interview. There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS applicants that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, when we receive high number of applications. In these circumstances we may select the DCS applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the job, rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.
Visa Sponsorship
Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa.
You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.
You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.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).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).Apply and further information
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : George Masters
- Email : george.masters@landregistry.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Further information
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/Attachments
Service Delivery Candidate Pack 2026 Opens in new window (pdf, 1677kB)Personal Assistant Job Description Opens in new window (docx, 159kB)Salary range
- £32,119 per year