Assessment centre administrative assistant/role Work, Jobs in London, Eng (with Salaries)

Personal Assistant
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero —London
- £34,835 - £35,710 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
7d
Critical Care Assistant Practitioner
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust —London
- £34,186 - £37,389 a year
- Full-time
- Hospital
- Maintenance
- Research
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Administrative Assistant
Bupa —Dartford
- £26,800 a year
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- Administrative experience
- Front desk
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
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NHS Assistant Practice Manager
Harrow Road Health Centre —London
- From £14 an hour
- Part-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- GP surgery experience
- Store discount
- Annual leave
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Research Assistant Psychologist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust —London
- £38,488 - £46,852 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Research
- Psychology
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Executive Assistant
HM Revenue and Customs —Croydon
- £42,631 - £46,077 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Research
- Work from home
- Flexible schedule
15h
Recruitment Officer in the Corporate Services Team
Ministry of Justice —London
- £30,001 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Outlook
- Administrative experience
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
2d
Investment Administrator - Client Transitions
Arbuthnot Latham —London
- Computer skills
- Communication skills
- Banking
Assistant Healthcare Scientist
UK Health Security Agency —Colindale
- £29,613 - £30,266 a year
- Part-time
- Computer literacy
- Laboratory experience
- Presentation skills
15h
Assistant Administrator
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust —Dartford
- £25,272 a year
- Part-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Front desk
- Typing
6d
Diary Manager/Executive Assistant
Home Office —Croydon
- £34,415 - £38,991 a year
- Full-time
- Administrative experience
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
6d
Reception & Cafe Operative - Climbing & Soft Play Centre
Clip 'n Climb —Uxbridge
- From £26,000 a year
- Part-time
- Serving
- Customer service
- Maintenance
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Latin International Marketing Intern
Sony Music Entertainment Canada —London
- £28,480 a year
- Social media management
- Internship
- Communication skills
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Senior Administrative Officer - London Victims Unit: London Probation Service
HM Prison & Probation Service —London
- £20,001 - £40,000 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- English
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
2d
Security Officer Associate
Home Office —Croydon
- £31,740 a year
- Overtime
- Presentation skills
- Travel
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
2d
Interim People Advisor (12-14m fixed term contract)
Carnall Farrar —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Databases
- Bachelor's degree
- Recruiting
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Annual leave
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Conductor of Conductive Education - Part-time (Full time considered)
CPotential —Muswell Hill
- £29,553 - £36,265 a year
- Part-time
- Databases
- Experience working with children
- Education
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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3d
MLA Team Leader
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust —Sutton
- £33,262 - £36,027 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Recruiting
- Training & development
- Annual leave
15h
1:1 Female Personal Assistant for Adult with Learning Disability
PALS Ltd —Rainham
- From £14.50 an hour
- Part-time
- Medication administration
- Driving
- Employee discount
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12d
Registered Nurse
Ume Health —London
- Full-time
- Patient monitoring
- Computer literacy
- Supervising experience
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Personal Assistant

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero -
London

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£34,835 - £35,710 a year
7 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount
Childcare

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Purchase orders
Meeting coordination
Microsoft Outlook
Travel arrangements
Stakeholder liaison
Administrative support experience
Microsoft Office Suite
Presentation skills
Organisational skills
Executive support experience
Communication skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

475443

Salary

£30,940 - £35,710

National: £30,940 - £31,850; London: £34,835 - £35,710 (pro-rata for part-time hours)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DESNZ - Energy Markets and Supply - Electricity Security & Market Reform

Type of role

Administration / Corporate Support

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
Things you need to know
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Location

Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

About the job

Job summary

Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Do you want to have an impact on the UK and beyond? If yes, then a career at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) could be for you.

Here at DESNZ we are delivering our mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, with clean electricity by 2030 and accelerating the UKs journey to net zero.

Our work is helping ensure clean energy for all, keep bills down and seize the opportunities to lead the world in new green industries, taking back control of our energy with Great British Energy and encouraging greater energy efficiency across the UK. The work of the department has never been more timely or relevant, and by joining us you will be part of making that difference.

Our work is varied, interesting and most importantly it's impactful. Our DESNZ Values are interwoven into everything we do; we are bold, we are collaborative, we are inclusive, and we learn. As a department we are committed to these values to build a culture where everyone can thrive.

We work in an agile way. This means that, as our priorities evolve, your work may adapt to meet emerging needs and help us deliver our mission. This approach offers opportunities to develop your skills, gain new experiences, and contribute where you can make the greatest impact. This relates to the nature of the work rather than contractual terms, such as location or working pattern.

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

Find Out More

We regularly run events where you can find out more about the department and tips for the application and interview process. You can sign up for upcoming events here: https://forms.office.com/e/pqUhdr3L72

You can also follow our LinkedIn Careers Page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/desnz-careers/

Job description

This is a role for a personal assistant (PA), providing support for 1 Director and Deputy Directors in a rapidly growing directorate. The role sits in a small business support team for the Electricity Security & Market Reform directorate.

The post provides an excellent opportunity to build on existing skills, develop new ones, and gain exposure to a wide range of new and up-and-coming policy areas. Within this role, you will be the first point of contact for the Director and Deputy Directors' diaries and be a familiar face throughout the directorate.

The Electricity Security & Market Reform Directorate is a friendly place, and we have teams covering a broad range of energy-related policy subjects, you will find ample opportunities for career development. We are a diverse and welcoming bunch, with a range of different career paths and levels of experience within the Civil Service.

We are committed to work-life balance and flexible working and the Directorate has senior sponsored groups focussing on making the directorate the best place to work in DESNZ. You will have the opportunity to shape how we work together, for example joining diversity and inclusion networks.

Person specification

Run two or more diaries on a daily basis to ensure the Director and Deputy Directors' time is effectively organised and prioritised and maintain a balance of meetings and desk time.

Proactively running the Director and Deputy Directors mailbox, ensuring they are aware of urgent or important e-mails, forwarding on for action or information or looking after them yourself where appropriate.
Support the Director and Deputy Directors to balance a range of senior partner meetings, advising on urgent requests and suggesting delegation of meetings when necessary.
Arrange meetings and requests from internal and external partners. This includes checking availability of attendees; booking rooms; providing conference call details; issuing appointments; rescheduling if necessary; arranging deputies and ordering refreshments and collecting visitors if needed.
Prepare meeting papers, obtaining background papers, briefing notes, etc and liaising with meeting organisers or others to ensure your Director or Deputy Director has everything they require.
Booking travel arrangements for the Director and Deputy Directors, and occasionally the wider team when necessary.
Build strong working relationships with other Deputy Directors in the directorate, their PAs and the wider team.
Co-ordinate offsite, and events for the team or the directorate
Undertaking duties and tasks as assigned by the Director and Deputy Directors, such as expenses
As part of our Business Support team, you'll help deliver essential services across the directorate, from supporting recruitment campaigns, processing invoices to raising Purchase Orders.

Depending on the role there is the opportunity to spend a proportion of your time supporting the policy team. This policy support is flexible and may include things like providing the secretariat for policy boards or helping with policy workstreams.

Essential Criteria

Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing deadlines effectively.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment and adapting to changing priorities.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and able to maintain accurate records and information.

Desirable Criteria

Experience in providing high-quality administrative and diary management support to senior leaders.
Experience of organising meetings and events, including coordinating schedules, preparing papers and managing logistics.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Delivering at Pace
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,940, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero contributes £8,963 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.

Office attendance

The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.

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 for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

After submission of the first stage of your application you will be invited to complete a Civil Service Judgement Test. If you successfully pass the test, you will be invited to complete the final stage of the application.

Please complete the online tests as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours is recommended), the closing date for the tests is 23:55 on 31/08/2026. If you fail to complete the online test before the deadline your application will be withdrawn. Guidance for the test will be available when you are invited to take the test. The tests are administered online and accessed via the CS Jobs website.

You will be directed to the Talogy - True Talent Scheduled Maintenance Window Webpage for online tests during an outage.

Our online test supplier will be performing scheduled maintenance between 4pm and Midnight on 30th August 2026. You will be unable to access tests during this period.

If you are in the middle of a test when the maintenance begins, your progress will be paused. You will be able to resume your test from where you left off via your application centre once the downtime has ended. Please note that you will not be able to launch any new tests while the system is offline.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and behavioural statements.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your personal statement (in no more than 500 words) to set out how your skills and experience make you a good fit for the role.

Please note - the CV incorporated into the application form is for information purposes only and will not be scored.

Applications will be sifted on behavioural statements and personal statement.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement only.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour and strength-based questions.

Sift and interview dates

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Further Information

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service /Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email [email protected]

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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)
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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code 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 .

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 the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans 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 : Deirdre Moloney
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commissions Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints

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