Executive Assistant to The Chief Executive

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Christchurch City Council Full time
Put your exceptional EA skills and expertise to full utilisation

About the role:


Working in an incredibly diverse organisation dedicated to serving our community is highly rewarding and supporting the Chief Executive will see you play a pivotal role in achieving this.


You will provide high-level support by prioritising the important things, using your initiative to decide what needs CEO attention versus what you can delegate or deal with yourself.


Effectively managing a diverse range of activities, you will be the right-hand person to the Chief Executive (CE), ensuring they operate smoothly, efficiently, and effectively.

As expected, this is a varied role where no two days will be the same so the ability to think on your feet using your initiative in an environment that moves fast and changes often is key

About you:


As an experienced Executive Assistant, you pride yourself on your organisational and system skills, embracing technology and new ways of doing things.

You will be efficient, pay attention to detail, and have a proactive approach to tasks.


Being a people person, you will have highly developed interpersonal skills, having liaised with internal staff members and external customers, building solid and lasting relationships at all levels.

Working at the Christchurch City Council offers you a plethora of opportunities given the scale of our organisation.

With professional learning & development opportunities to the ability to expand your knowledge in areas of your typical knowledge set, working here offers it all.


Additional information:

  • Hours of work_ _This role is fulltime for 35 to 40 hours per week and we will consider both a permanent appointment and fixed term secondment_
Salary - _Will be discussed at interview or please contact Casey Bartram on extn 8104_
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