Executive Assistant Maternity Cover - 12 Month Fixed Term

Job Introduction Executive Assistant Salary - £31,015 - £34,811 (Grade 5) Hours - 37 hours Number of Positions - 1 x 12 month fixed term Maternity Cover Location: Civic Centre, Wolverhampton. Office-based at least three days per week; more as business needs require. Award-winning City of Wolverhampton Council is recruiting for a fixed term Maternity Cover, Executive Assistant post within the Executive Support Team to provide a high-quality, customer focused service to our Strategic Executive Board which includes the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive and Directors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of the organisation with our senior leaders and support them to achieve our key priorities for the residents of Wolverhampton. This is a varied, demanding and high-profile role which offers the successful candidate the opportunity to build extensive knowledge and experience within local government. The post holder will support our Directors through the provision of customer-centric, efficient, effective and confidential executive support.

The post holder is a key member of the Executive Support Team and is expected to work flexibly across different areas of the council to ensure that high quality support is always provided, enabling members of the senior management team to function effectively and provide a positive image of the organisation and city through excellent customer service. This role involves extensive diary and email management, ensuring customers are full briefed and prepared ahead of meetings, capturing actions and decisions, preparing meeting and conference packs, briefing notes and presentations as appropriate, as well as prioritising and delivering on a busy workload in an informed and efficient manner.

The successful candidate will thrive in a busy environment and be innovative, and a customer-focused problem solver who is proactive and organised with great attention to detail. The successful candidate will need excellent communication and IT skills, the ability to build strong relationships, learn quickly and have proven knowledge, skills and experience to provide outstanding executive support at a senior level.

Interview Details Interviews due to take place 2 October 2026 If you are interested in applying for this position and require further information, please contact Karon Bood, [email protected] For note: Please ensure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet the personnel specification. For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Our working arrangements All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location. Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location.

Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements. Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for. For more information about working for our organisation including the culture of the Council, the Council plan and vision, staff equality forums, core HR policies, employee benefits and much more please click here .

Diversity We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through divers