Executive Assistant

The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is recruiting for the following permanent positions:

Executive Assistant

Executive Assistants are assigned to support the Clerk/Chief Executive, Directors and the Assembly Commissioner for Standards. There are currently two posts available – Executive Assistant to the Clerk/Chief Executive and Executive Assistant to the Director of Legal, Governance and Research Services.

As Executive Assistant, you will be provided with an excellent opportunity to make an important and valued contribution to the work of the Assembly. You will require excellent organisational and communication skills, great attention to detail and have experience of operating in a fast-paced environment, managing conflicting priorities.

We offer a supportive and rewarding working environment. You will enjoy a range of employee benefits designed to reward your hard work. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer excellent pension provision where you contribute 5.65% of salary and the employer contribution rate is 34.25% of your salary.

We also provide a generous 25 days annual leave entitlement on joining and this increases by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days. We also offer 12 public and privilege holidays per year.

You will be invested in and have the opportunity to avail of a variety of learning and development activities, starting with our Getting On-Board programme. You will be able to participate in health and wellbeing initiatives including access to support via our Employee Assistance Programme. We also offer free on-site parking.

For more information and  our website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

Closing date: 12 noon, Wednesday 4 February 2026

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity in employment and welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of gender, marital or family status, religious belief, political opinion, disability, age, race, nationality or sexual orientation. Applications from young people (people under the age of 35) and people from minority ethnic communities are particularly welcomed for this post.