Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive and Chairman of the Council.

Personal Assistant to the Senior Manger Funding Programmes, responsible for providing full administrative support on operational issues and process; including grant assessment and management of the grant process, corporate planning, performance monitoring and budget planning.Responsibilities:• Diary management for Senior Manager, promoting optimal use of time by coordinating meetings, making travel arrangements and scheduling appointments to achieve maximum effectiveness of their day• Organising external and internal meetings, preparing agenda and meeting papers, taking minutes and following up on action points• Budgetary monitoring and management• Project management and organisation of events , conferences and workshops• Undertaking research, gathering and disseminating information for the funding programmes team• First point of contact for the funding programmes team; responding to queries and liaising with internal and external stakeholders and greeting visitors as required

• Supported the South West Finance Team by preparing cash-flow forecasts, management reports, budget analysis and journals. Arranged and attended weekly grant decision meetings for the Senior Management Team, preparing the agenda meeting papers and taking minutes• Checked and processed staff expenses, ensuring compliance with policy, raising queries with line managers as appropriate• Trained and provided on-going support to Relationship Managers in IT systems and policies

• Maintained office records and procedures, data entry, filing, archiving