Executive Support Officer - Director of Law & Governance

Job Title: Executive Support Officer - Director of Law & Governance
Starting Salary: £30,559 with the opportunity to progress to £33,366 per annum
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage with some opportunity to work remotely
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Resources

About the team

This is a rare opportunity to join Hertfordshire County Council as Executive Support Officer to our Director of Law and Governance. You will be based in a fast-paced environment at our Stevenage offices, undertaking a crucial role in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of our Legal Service.

About the role

We're seeking a diligent, detail-orientated and proactive person to provide effective, high quality and confidential dedicated support to the Director of Law and Governance in our large local government authority. In this role you'll act as the first point of contact to our Chief Legal Officer with responsibility for their diary and inbox and will represent their interests as contact for internal and external stakeholders.

In this role you will also be actively involved in supporting the Hertfordshire Heads of Legal meetings, Complaints Managers meetings, Lawyers in Local Government meetings, Public Law Partnership meetings, Legal Services Management Team meetings and Whistle Blowing meetings. Confidentiality and an ability to deal sensitively with information is therefore essential to this role.

In addition, you'll be supporting the effective running of the Law and Governance management team, including providing briefing notes and presentations for internal and external meetings, conducting research and supporting their work with clients and staff within the HCC Legal department as required .

About you

The ideal candidate with be an enthusiastic individual with a can do attitude, as well as being self-motivated, professional and approachable, always providing excellent team support and best practice.

Essential

• Competent administrator with experience of using Microsoft Office, including Excel
• Excellent customer care skills, acting as first point of contact
• Excellent in prioritisation of numerous tasks, efficient in time management and able to work with competing timescales and challenging demands.
  
  

Desirable

• Knowledge or experience of working in a political environment, and of local government corporate objectives and current issues
• Knowledge or experience in Legal administration

This job role is within the Business Support Services, level 8 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles: Business support services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Eden.Scott@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 12th-13th December 2024

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.