Management Support Assistant

Salary

£26,824 - £28,142 (pay award pending)

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Administration/Clerical

Date posted

19/05/2026

Job reference

REQ23032

Directorate: Policy, Strategy and Engagement

Temporary for 12 months, full time, 37 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the role of a Management Support Assistant to support Service Directors within the Council.

As a Management Support Assistant, you will provide confidential, high level administrative and secretarial support.

This is a varied and fast-paced role where you will manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings, prepare key documents, take minutes, and monitor multiple inboxes.

You will also track correspondence and actions and ensure deadlines are met.

The key responsibilities for a Management Support Assistant are:

• Full comprehensive secretarial support to the Service Director and occasionally the wider team.
• Diary Management for the Service Director including scheduling and maintaining appointments.
• Meeting Coordination : Arranging internal/external meetings, preparing papers, taking minutes and compiling action logs.
• Inbox Management: Monitoring multiple inboxes and responding promptly.
• Correspondence Tracking : Logging, tracking, and chasing internal and external correspondence to ensure timely responses.
• Travel Arrangements : Organising travel and accommodation for meetings/events.

Please see attached job profile which contains details of the shortlisting and interview criteria.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jo Featherstone at View email address on unitedkingdom.jobradars.com.

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions). Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.