Team Personal Assistant

Job summary

Every role at CQC contributes to our mission, if you’re looking for a new role in Mental health that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you’ve found it! As a Team Personal Assistant, you’ll help senior leaders stay organised, informed and able to focus on improving the quality of health and care across England. Every day is different. You’ll support a busy leadership team, help things run smoothly, and make sure important information gets where it needs to go. Your work will help our leaders make decisions that improve care for people across the country.

Job description

You’ll be key in helping us deliver our work. In this role, you’ll:

• Support senior leaders: Manage diaries and Director’s mailbox, organise meetings, prepare materials, and act as a first point of contact for the Director/Deputy Chief Inspector and designated managers.

• Provide clear information: Create accurate notes, reports and action logs, presenting complex information in simple formats for a range of audiences.

• Keep things running smoothly: Prioritise competing tasks, work independently, and collaborate with other PAs and directorate teams to respond flexibly to changing needs.

Person specification

We will be looking for specific skills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

• Experience managing busy senior diaries - including prioritising demands, coordinating meetings and handling confidential information with care.

• Experience creating clear written outputs - such as notes, reports or briefings that turn detailed or complex information into simple, accessible formats.

• Strong organisational and digital skills - including using tools like Outlook, Word, Excel or PowerPoint to manage tasks, track actions and support a team.

Benefits

• We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

  • Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
  • Training and development opportunities.
  • Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
  • NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
  • Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

  Please see our benefits page for the full list.

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

TBC

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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.

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).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitment Team
• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

Further information

https://cqc.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/2920?c=cqc