Full Time - 37 Hours per Week
Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2028
This is an exciting opportunity to provide high-level executive, administrative and governance support within a fast-paced corporate environment. Working closely with the Corporate Services Manager, you will support the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Leader, Mayoral Office and strategic corporate programmes, including Local Government Reorganisation.
You will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of senior leadership offices, managing complex diaries and correspondence, coordinating meetings and events, and acting as a professional point of contact for a wide range of stakeholders. The role also involves supporting governance arrangements, strategic projects and organisational change initiatives, helping to deliver key corporate priorities and outcomes.
For further details about the role please contact Pauline Lock (Corporate Services Manager) on 01329 824400.
You will have excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to build effective working relationships with colleagues, elected Members, partners and external stakeholders. A strong understanding of governance processes, confidentiality requirements and the importance of political awareness within a local government setting would be advantageous.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
- Able to prioritise workloads and meet demanding deadlines.
- Professional, tactful and discreet when handling confidential information.
- Proactive and solution-focused, with strong problem-solving skills.
- Confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Flexible and resilient, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
- A strong team player who can also work effectively on their own initiative.
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office and other digital systems.
Most importantly, you will be committed to delivering excellent service, supporting senior leaders effectively and contributing positively to the achievement of corporate objectives and organisational improvement.
We take pride in receiving feedback from others who say we are a friendly and professional organisation. By working for us you will become part of the team and will play your part in serving our community.
You would be joining one of the most forward-looking borough councils in the Southeast, a happy team and a well-managed Council. We offer a great pension scheme, authorised parking, tech schemes and a car lease scheme to name a few of the benefits of working for us.
We encourage our employees to make a valuable contribution to the work of the Council by having a trusting and open culture, where ideas are actively sought. We also recognise the value of a highly motivated and engaged workforce. We are committed to ensuring our services are delivered to the highest possible standard and we put the customer at the forefront of everything we do.
Fareham Borough Council is committed to being a disability inclusive employer and in order to support this commitment we are proud to be part of the Government's Disability Confident scheme demonstrating that we will provide a fair and equal route to employment with the Council. Being part of the scheme means we proactively seek to address inequality for those with disabilities by challenging attitudes towards disability, increasing understanding of disability and removing barriers to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions.
