• Up to £32k + potential 10% bonus
• Monday to Friday, flexible working
• Hybrid working - Gateshead based.
• 25 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays and you can also buy up to 5 days, paid back over 12 months (Pro-rata), when you reach 2 years’ service this will rise to 26 days, then 1 day with each year of service up to 5 years
• Holiday buying scheme
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Birthday leave
• Electrical vehicle salary sacrifice scheme once probationary period has been passed

Bloom Procurement Services helps the public sector deliver brilliant outcomes today that build a better tomorrow. We’re an award-winning business and we’ve committed to creating a working environment that empowers our people to thrive. We’re recruiting a self-starting individual into our Personal Assistant role. The Personal Assistant will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the CDO, COO and CTO at the highest level of quality and they will responsible for office coordination . They will be agile in their approach with a deep understanding and focus on the importance of delivering exceptional day-to-day administrative assistance. A key part of the role is the coordination of our team hub, with a primary objective of creating and maintaining a forward-thinking “destination workspace” for our hybrid team.

Some key accountabilities of the Personal Assistant include:

• Office coordination / Office management
• Acting as an ambassador, gatekeeper and point of contact for each leader, dealing with all matters in an efficient, sensitive, and reliable manner
• Excellent diary management, ensuring leaders are organised and prepared well in advance.
• Taking pride in creating a vibrant, well-organised and collaborative working environment that both meets and anticipates the needs of a hybrid and diverse team.
• Helping enhance our team culture. This may include creating, planning, and executing a variety of creative employee events.
• Support team meetings by preparing agendas, attending meetings, taking minutes, and tracking actions where required

What are we looking for?

To be considered for the role of Personal Assistant we are looking for individuals to clearly demonstrate the following:

• Previous experience as a Office Manager or Office Coordinator
• Relevant experience in providing PA support to multiple C-Level executives.
• Ability to multi-task, work without supervision, ability to prioritise and balance conflicting demands, use own initiative to resolve problems and manage own workload within agreed deadlines.
• Ability to maintain the confidentiality of information.
• Previous experience in establishing effective office systems and procedures gained from office management or office coordinator role within a hybrid/remote working environment.
• Team player who builds rapport, with a willingness to support colleagues during critical periods

Bloom offers a dynamic supply chain providing the public sector with a marketplace to buy and manage services. We ensure delivery of quality outcomes from our pre-approved and ever-growing network of suppliers and consultants. Our fully compliant open access marketplace is outcomes based meaning the public sector only pays for what is delivered. We can provide a compliant managed procurement service covering specification development, supplier identification & onboarding, commercial management, and lessons learned upon successful delivery of outcomes. We make it easier for public sector buyers to deliver on their social value goals through our marketplace and believe in the need to demonstrate innovation and showcase the skills of the SME community including social value that can be generated through every project.