Senior Executive Assistant
Consumer Council for Water
- Department
- Consumer Council for Water
- Location
- Birmingham
- Openings
- 1 post
- Grade
- SEO
- Salary
- £42,626
- Closing
- 4 days left
- Profession
- Administration
- Contract
- Permanent
- Security clearance
- BPSS
- Working pattern
- Full-time
Job summary
As Senior Executive Assistant, you will act as a trusted partner to the CEO and Chair, providing high-level executive, strategic and operational support.
What they’re looking for
- THE CANDIDATE
- We are looking for a Senior Executive Assistant who is:
- Experienced in supporting senior executives and managing complex diaries, priorities and competing demands
- Confident communicating and influencing at senior level, with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Highly organised, proactive and able to work independently, using sound judgement and initiative.
- Calm, resilient and able to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Comfortable expressing their views and challenging constructively when required.
- A strong communicator with excellent attention to detail and the ability to produce high-quality briefings and correspondence.
- Practical, logical and pragmatic, with strong common sense.
- Experienced in coaching, supporting or influencing others.
- Discreet, professional and trustworthy when handling confidential information.
- Committed to continuous improvement and keeping up to date with best practice within the Executive Assistant profession.
Job description
As Senior Executive Assistant, you will act as a trusted partner to the CEO and Chair, providing high-level executive, strategic and operational support.
You will:
- Manage and prioritise the CEO’s communications, diary, travel, workload and information flow, ensuring their time is focused on the highest-value activity.
- Lead forward planning, coordinating meetings, agendas, papers, briefings and actions.
- Ensure the CEO is fully briefed for key meetings and engagements and follow up on actions.
- Build strong relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, including the Executive Team, Board members, Defra, regulators.
- Support corporate planning and organisational priorities, including coordinating Exec papers and cross-organisational activity.
- Manage the Chair’s diary and inbox.
- Provide direction, coaching and support to Executive Assistants and Executive Team Assistants.
- Drive continuous improvement within the Executive Assistant function and identify opportunities to introduce best practice.
Please note that occasional travel to other offices or sites is required.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Selection process
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