Work Opportunity: Office Manager for Claire Archibald MS
Salary range (pro rata): £39,274 - £50,496
All new staff are expected to enter on the scale minimum of the appropriate pay band. Individual staff will, subject to satisfactory performance, move up the incremental scale one point at a time on the anniversary of their commencement of employment until they reach the scale maximum for their band.
Working hours: 37 hours per week
Appointment type: Permanent
Location: Constituency Office and Tŷ Hywel, Cardiff Bay.
Reference: MBS-179-26
Main duties:
- Oversee staff, ensuring smooth office operations and delegating responsibilities effectively. Directly manage work colleagues, providing line management on behalf of the Member. This may include recruitment, appraisal and identification of training or developmental needs.
- Responsible for advising or training others on a range of matters that are standard for the work area e.g. Health and safety, records management.
- Ensure good governance, compliance with parliamentary rules, codes of conduct, and ethical guidelines.
Essential knowledge and experience:
- full understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which Members and Groups operate. This includes both Senedd frameworks (standards of conduct, expenditure etc) as well as broader and general frameworks. Able to provide informed advice to Members and colleagues.
- Experience of working effectively within an office environment, including resolving complex issues with tact and diplomacy, ideally in a political environment.
- Experience of a comparable role dealing with complex correspondence, diaries and events and running a busy office.
Essential qualifications:
- Degree level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
- Equivalent knowledge, skills and experience gained through professional employment and public service will be considered.