Personal Assistant

Job Title: Personal Assistant
Location: Harrow Council
Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership for Harrow Council
Contract Type: Temporary
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 Hours per week)
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Overview of the Role:
Pertemps is excited to offer an opportunity within Harrow Council for a self-driven and motivated Personal Assistant to join our expanding team in the Legal Department. As a Personal Assistant, you'll enjoy a competitive pay rate of up to £15.39 per hour. Additionally, we provide excellent training and support for career development, along with 21 days of holiday (excluding Bank Holidays).
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Main Responsibilities:

1. Diary Management:
o Efficiently manage diary appointments from several local authorities within the shared practice.
o Handle potential conflicts with other appointments.
o Ideal for candidates with previous secretarial or PA experience.
2. Administrative Support:
o Provide administrative cover to all teams within legal and governance.
o Work on the case management system for the legal practice, demonstrating confidence with different systems.
o Undertake general administrative tasks, including filing, photocopying, collating papers, and typing standard letters.
3. Communication Handling:
o Answer routine telephone calls, providing basic information to customers.
o Respond to email and written queries, signposting appropriately or forwarding messages to relevant colleagues.
4. Document Management:
o Administer scanning, indexing, and printing of documents.
o Conduct quality control checks as needed.
5. Meeting Support:
o Assist with arranging room bookings and equipment.
o Provide relevant documents for meetings and events.
o Offer refreshments during gatherings.
6. Customer Service:
o Receive, log, and pass on customer complaints to the service team.
7. Data Management:
o Monitor and manage data from databases, computer systems, and websites.
o Support in producing reports and statistical information as required.

About us

For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.
" The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn