Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

Coventry City Council is an exciting and fast paced place to work. Like most Councils we take our community responsibilities seriously providing some life changing services to the people of Coventry.

At the same time we are on a real journey, we are making positive changes, with a commercial agenda taking us into new and uncharted territory, a focus on ongoing improvement and a drive to embrace technology.  It is an exciting time for our City.

We are a flexible organisation and currently working in a hybrid manner.  We have an excellent pension, excellent holidays, flexible working, extensive learning and development offering, working hard to retain and grow talent within our organisation. We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, then keep reading…

What is the job role?

Confident and experienced in offering executive support to senior managers?

A genuine team player who enjoys building productive relationships across organisations?

Then let’s talk ….

We have an exciting and great opportunity to recruit an Executive Support Officer to join our team,  this role is a full time permanent position.

In this role you will be supporting the Political Leadership of the Council and other senior Councillors.  You will need to be passionate about working in a support role with a ‘One Coventry’ approach in all that you do, building and maintaining positive and productive relationships both internally and externally.  

The skills you will bring to the role will include:

• The ability to work flexibly as part of a busy team, working to strict deadlines and managing conflicting demands
• An awareness of a local authority’s management and political management structure and the role of Councillors
• Experience of dealing with confidential information.
• Experience of providing high level executive or PA support.
• Good IT skills with the ability to prepare presentations, reports and minutes.
• An ability to analyse and evaluate data.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• A ‘can do’ attitude.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Who are we looking for?

Keen to join the team?

Member Services are a team of ESOs and PAs, who all work in a collaborative open and honest manner, we are supportive of each other, and we have an excellent method of sharing best practice in all that we do.  Any new recruits to our team will have a comprehensive induction and support to help them integrate into their new role. 

Please complete an application form, tell us about your previous experience and where you have used your skills to shine!

For an informal conversation regarding the role please call Julie on 02476 971619 during office hours.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you. 

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date(s): 22nd October 2024

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council