personal assistant no agencies please rate of pay gross per hour a personal assistant is required to provide flexible employment and travel assistance to senior disabled people in a small and busy social enterprise based in south tyneside and gateshead the role provides sighted assistance for a director with office administration computer tasks and travel as required the chosen personal assistant must be trustworthy literate and reliable with confident computer and notetaking skills you will respect client confidentiality and you will be able to demonstrate your commitment to antidiscrimination and barrierfree dignified working with disabled people working hours are 10 hours per week to fit with the directors working patterns and flexibility will be necessary to cover holidays and absence additional hours may be available occasionally with prior notice duties to assist in accurate and efficient office administration eg to ensure filing and printed information is stored correctly to check that literature and correspondence is printed or photocopied packed and addressed correctly to assist with ensuring accuracy in areas where assistive software is not reliable or appropriate to drive or accompany on public transport the disabled person to meetings or training events to assist in carrying equipment and materials into training or meeting room not heavy lifting and to be able to climb stairs are essential parts of the job to be polite and appropriate with clients and delegates maintaining and promoting the organisations values to guide the disabled person safely to their destination using transport and return to work environments in an organised and dignified way to take notes in meetings to support the disabled person and read aloud correspondence or inaccessible materials use information technology efficiently and accurately including word excel and email skills and experience experience of working in a formal or informal capacity with disabled people would be desirable and a commitment to the equality of disabled people is essential your job as a pa is not to care for the disabled person but to provide appropriate assistance at the right time thereby facilitating the disabled person to perform well in the workplace the pa should always ask what the disabled persons needs are and listen to the requests and directions given you must be discrete and respect the importance of confidentiality you must be conscientious responsive to instructions and observant enough to know when assistance is needed but capable of advising or taking a back seat when a disabled person is working independently a mature attitude and experience of a working environment with adults is advantageous you must be computer literate and able to demonstrate that you have excellent ict skills with the ability to use word excel and email as a minimum accurate literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to read clearly are essential ability to drive have full clean driving licence and use of own insured vehicle would be advantageous and mileage will be paid at the hmrc agreed rate the pa will be required to travel to and work in