Job from partnerPA to Senior Leadership (Temporary Contract - Hybrid, Birmingham)
Location: Birmingham (B2 4AA) - Hybrid working, 3 days onsite
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week (usual hours 8:30am - 5pm, with some flexibility)
Contract: Until May 2026 (potential for extension)
Pay Rate: £15.03 per hour (paid on a weekly basis)
We are seeking a highly organised and proactive PA to provide professional support to senior leaders within a busy and fast-paced government directorate.
In this key role, you will play a vital part in ensuring two Deputy Directors can work effectively and strategically - managing their time, priorities, and communications with efficiency and discretion.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage complex diaries, balancing competing priorities and scheduling strategic meetings.
- Act as the first point of contact for senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.
- Proactively manage busy inboxes - triaging, delegating, and following up on actions.
- Organise and prepare for meetings, including booking rooms, arranging logistics, and compiling meeting packs and background materials.
- Take accurate minutes and provide secretariat support where required.
- Book travel and coordinate wider team logistics.
- Support internal communications, handle sensitive information, and manage official correspondence.
- Provide general administrative support to the wider team when needed.
- Occasional travel to London for team events/meetings
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong organisational and time-management skills.
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal abilities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- A proactive, adaptable approach with sound judgement and attention to detail.
- Experience handling sensitive information with integrity and professionalism.
Successful candidates will be required to undergo a Basic DBS check and provide three years of references.
If this is a role you would be interested in, please apply online today. Due to a high number of responses, we may only get back to shortlisted candidates.
Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.
As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.
Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.
In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.
