Business Assistant / EA to CEO - #2093029

Our client, a national not for profit organisation, are looking for a switched on, self-motivated individual with excellent personal and executive assistant experience and outstanding research and coordination skills to support their CEO for c.8 month maternity cover.

The EA will be required to support the busy and varied role of the CEO, effectively managing the strategic planning, external and internal relations and project delivery from the Office of the Chief Executive. Working alongside the PA/ Diary Secretary to CEO this role forms part of the core c-suite, a decidedly non-hierarchical office, this is an amazing opportunity to take on a more creative role than your standard board PA. You will have overall responsibility for ensuring the quality and timeliness of work from the CEOs office and will need to liaise seamlessly with teams and officials across the organisation.

Working closely with the CEO you will be responsible for the preparation of research and briefing papers on all their meetings as well as speech writing for their external engagements. This also means keeping track of all those connections on the CRM. Alongside this you will be the first point of contact for the CEO through their inbox, seamlessly managing the inflow of messages, prioritising, drafting responses and fielding to the wider team, whilst keeping oversight of the following actions. This role is also the key point of contact with the board and NEDs. You will work with the Co Sec team to ensure the smooth running of the boards and manage the high-profile external relations.

As an organisation, the charity adopted a “be where our service users need us” practice. This has meant that remote working for their support and executive staff is standard and you will typically do just 1 day per week in the London office. This means that in the role of EA you will need to be more intuitive in supporting the CEO and you will be an excellent, clear and concise communicator.

This is a research and strategy lead environment, where both business intelligence and company ethos form an integral part of the operations delivery and wider board strategy. You will be at the heart of this environment and be a key conduit of messaging to and from the Office of the CEO. Having a background in public affairs or politics would be very useful.

In order to hit the ground running you will need to have:

• Some strong EA experience, ideally but not necessary at board level
• Excellent research and presentation skills, ideally with exposure to public affairs/ policy
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability, and desire, to understand all parts of business operations
• The ability to support a high profile, diligent and intelligent CEO in a discrete and proactive manner
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and attention to detail
• First class interpersonal skills, able to communicate with a wide range of people at all levels and to bring together the team to provide the highest level support.

This is a wonderful chance for a professional, meticulous and passionate Business Assistant/ EA to utilise their excellent skills within an altruistic, mission-led organisation. To apply, please contact Verity Stokes on 0207_287_7788 to learn more about this and similar permanent roles that we are currently supporting our exclusive client base with!