Job Description

PA to Director

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Vacancy Reference Number
20151


Number of Vacancies
1
(B) OCU
Learning & Development
Location
Hendon, Sidcup, Westminster
Building
NEW SCOTLAND YARD
Band
Band D
Part/Full Time
Full Time
Hours per Week
36 hours per week
Type of Contract
Permanent
Job Advert

Job Title:

PA to Director

Salary:

The starting salary is 38,926, which includes allowances totalling 2,928.


The salary is broken down as 35,998 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale 38,523. Plus, a location allowance of 1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of 1,000.

Location

Hendon, Sidcup, Westminster



The Metropolitan Police are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated, and organised individual to join the Private Office of a Director within our People & Resources Business Group as a Personal Assistant (PA).


This is a dynamic and fast-paced role at the heart of the organisation, supporting a senior Director in delivering critical strategic and operational priorities. As Personal Assistant, you will be expected to manage a demanding workload with professionalism, agility, and discretion.


You'll be working in an environment where priorities can shift rapidly, and where your ability to remain calm under pressure, anticipate needs, and respond flexibly is essential. The role requires someone who can confidently juggle multiple tasks, manage competing deadlines, and make sound decisions about what needs attention first.


Your organisational skills will be key to ensuring the Director's time is used effectively, meetings are well-prepared, and communications are handled with clarity and confidentiality. You'll be trusted to manage sensitive information, liaise with senior stakeholders, and maintain a high standard of service in everything you do.

Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Metropolitan Police as a Personal Assistant to a Director within our People & Resources Business Group. The role holder will provide comprehensive, confidential, and professional support service to a Director in all aspects concerned with the efficient and successful operation of a Private Office and wider organisation.


The PA role is a 'front of house' role and often the initial contact point along with other members of the Private Office. Across all groups the contact is made face-to-face, through email and telephone. The stakeholders include:

DACs, Commanders and Directors Met Executive including Management Board; daily contact, the purpose of which ranges from coordinating of Directorate objectives and priorities in support of business group risks/delivery, diary management and event planning. Responding to high-risk queries, complaints and managing expectations. Directorate SLT (Senior Leadership Team); daily, enabling delivery of their function's priorities. Other Private Offices; enabling link up between work/actions across directorates. Members of the public; how regularly, responding to queries/complaints on behalf of the Chief of Staff/Director

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply button ". The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 4th December 2025.

Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1 week after the closing date.


Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 2 weeks after hiring manager review.

www.metpolicecareers.co.uk

Essential For The Role

What do we expect of you?

Knowledge

Comprehensive diary management of a busy diary, considering preparation for meetings and personal commitments. Arranging logistics with internal and external stakeholders, such as booking meeting rooms, travel, visitor passes and escorting visitors. Creating agendas for meetings and following up on actions and effective tracking of tasks/issues. Managing databases and filing storage systems of all documentation and papers. Collating of information from a range of sources to produce draft responses. Provide cover and resilience for the other Private Office PAs and wider Private Office.

Experience

Experience providing designated support at a senior stakeholder/Director level. Experience managing/prioritising workload effectively, to co-ordinate activities and conflicting demands to ensure tight deadlines are met. Experience using own initiative, be proactive and deal with specific queries as they arise. Experience ensuring attention to detail and gathering, analysing, tracking, and collating complex and confidential information. Experience drafting responses to queries.

Skills

Organisation, diary management and planning skills. Communication skills, with the ability to work well with range of people at all levels, stakeholder management (internal and external). Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information, exercising discretion and professionalism in handling private communications, documents, and discussions related to senior leadership and organisational matters Technology literate skills, with extensive demonstrable experience of Office software packages (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams). Interpersonal and communication skills. Time management and prioritisation skills.

Desirable Criteria:

Understanding of the current Met challenges and future direction (see New Met for London).

Required Languages
English
Reports To
Staff Officer to Director
Additional Information
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Disability Confident Statement

The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.



As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.



The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.




Please note, if you are applying for a police officer role or to become a police community support officer (PCSO) or designated detention officer (DDO), there is a minimum requirement that you must pass a job-related fitness test (JRFT) at point of entry. This does not apply to police staff roles. Find out more about police fitness standards.



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