Democratic Services Officer (Craigavon, temporary)

Honeycomb Jobs is delighted to be working with our public sector client, to recruit a Democratic Services Officer on a temporary contract for 3 months based in Craigavon.

The Client - Our public sector client covers the Armagh catchment area.

The Role - to service committees, sub-committees, working groups and other official meetings and provide a range of administrative services to senior members of the organisation. Duties will include but will not be limited to:

• Provide an efficient and effective administrative and support service to Committees, Sub-Committees and Working Groups, and other official meetings.
• Prepare and issue agendas and reports and supervise the copying and collation of meeting papers.
• Responsible for the management of all Committee pre-meetings with the Committee Chair and officers and attendance.
• Provision of support and guidance on governance issues to each Committee Chair throughout their year in Office.
• Attending meetings to take the official record of proceedings and decisions taken and undertaking all follow-up work, including preparation of minutes, matters referred to other committees and correspondence arising from the meetings.
• Organising catering requirements for all meetings for each meeting.
• Receiving and organising presentations to be made to Committees, using laptop, projector, screen and any other equipment.
• To collate, maintain, update and monitor information for inclusion in Board and Leadership Team papers.
• To undertake the proofreading of policy papers, reports, consultations, publications and other relevant documents.
• To provide ad hoc cover for office reception duties when required.
• To provide support to Corporate Services with sensitive and confidential administration and filing.
• To provide project support for HR and Governance.

The Person

As the successful candidate you will have the following background and experience:

Essential:

• Five GCSE's (Grades A - C) or equivalent/comparable including Mathematics and English Language.
• Two years' experience working in a busy office environment to include providing a range of administrative support, including use of Microsoft Word.
• Two years' experience working in a busy office environment to include providing a range of administrative support, including use of Microsoft Word.

Desirable:

• OCR Level 2 Award in Text Processing (Business Professional) (Text Production and Word Processing) or OCR/RSA Stage II Typing/Word Processing (Parts 1 & 2) or equivalent.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided, at Honeycomb Jobs.

All conversations will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

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** Please note, we are receiving an exceptionally high number of applications and present and will be unable to shortlist candidates who are not meeting the specific requirements for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, we may be unable to provide individual feedback. We thank you in advance for your understanding. **