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**Team Secretary - Bank of England, Leeds.** Supporting two Senior Managers in the Sector Resilience Division. Role requires diary management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, and administrative assistance. Applicants should have proven teamwork skills, strong organizational skills, and experience in a professional administrative role.
- Compensation
- £23,360 – £26,000 GBP
- City
- Leeds
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: £ (GBP)
Full Job Description
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Supervisory Risk Specialist Directorate
The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people. The Bank is a diverse organisation. Each of its 4,000 plus people are committed to public service and dedicated to promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.
As a directorate of the PRA, Supervisory Risk Specialists (SRS) provides technical expertise across risk areas to identify, analyse and mitigate material risks to the safety and soundness of PRA regulated firms.
SRS comprises five divisions:
- Credit, Risk, Analytics, Liquidity and Capital (CRACL)
- Investment Banking and Sector Risks (IBSR)
- Model Development and Review (MDRD)
- Operational Risk & Resilience (ORRD)
- Sector Resilience Division (SRD)
Sector Resilience Division
The Sector Resilience Division has four teams: the Sector Resilience Team (SRT), International Engagement Team (IET), Cyber & Operational Resilience Stress Testing CORST) team, and the Cyber Resilience Team (CRT). This role sits within the International Engagement Team, and also supports CORST and CRT. The teams mission is to work with key partners, both domestically and internationally, to strengthen the operational resilience of the UK financial system for UK financial stability.
Job Description
We are seeking a Team Secretary to support two Senior Managers and their teams, working alongside the Head of Division PAs and another Team Secretary.
This is an exciting position with a varied and interesting workload with opportunities to display your own initiative. It will suit someone who is able to prioritise their workload and coordinate numerous tasks, as the role comes with a wide range of responsibilities.
The Senior Managers have busy diaries which require effective management. You will be asked to arrange internal and external meetings; prepare papers for meetings; arrange domestic and international travel; complete travel expenses; help with Joiner/Mover/Leaver management within the teams; assist with the teams intranet pages; assist with recruitment; and act as a point of contact for the teams. The jobholder will also form part of a wider team supporting the Directorate, comprising of five divisions and circa 150 staff. You will have the opportunity to help cover across the support team to gain experience and knowledge of other areas.
Number of direct reports: 0
Role Responsibilities
- Providing secretarial and administrative support to senior managers and their teams.
- Diary and email inbox management, including liaising with internal and external contacts and, where necessary, collating papers for upcoming meetings.
- Arranging meetings with external visitors including diary management, liaising with external contacts, and booking meeting rooms and catering where needed.
- Planning and arranging domestic and international travel, and processing expenses.
- Managing secure information using defined processes and liaising with specialist teams as needed.
- Attending internal meetings, minute-taking and chasing up actions.
- Assisting with the administration side of recruitment.
- Keeping key data sets up to date e.g. coordinating timesheet reports and holiday schedule, etc.
- Collaborating with the Divisions Admin Team to provide wider administrative support and covering for colleagues to provide effective support to other teams as required. This will include providing cover for the Head of Divisions PA in alternate weeks.
- Establishing and maintaining close links with stakeholders across the PRA and Bank of England.
- Dealing with any ad-hoc requests within the Directorate or wider Bank.
Role Requirements
Minimum Criteria
- Experienced in providing administrative support in a professional context.
- Good computer skills, particularly in Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Able to deal with highly confidential information to agreed standards of handling and personal integrity.
Essential Criteria
- A proven team player, willing to help others to achieve results with the ability to work on your own initiative.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Flexibility and the desire to get things done with a proactive approach.
- Be confident in dealing with all levels of staff across the Bank and external contacts.
- Display professionalism.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
- Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
- A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
- An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
- 26 days annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
- Private medical insurance and income protection.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
