Executive Assistant to CEO

Your new company

You'll be joining a respected, mission led organisation operating across multiple sites in the education and care sector. With a commitment to safeguarding, quality, and excellence, the organisation provides vital services nationwide and is driven by strong values, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
As part of the central support function, you'll play a pivotal role in keeping the organisation running smoothly at executive level. While home based, you will enjoy meaningful involvement in UK‑wide activity, with occasional travel to the central office and regional sites.

Your new role

As Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive, you will provide high level administrative, organisational, and operational support. This is a busy and varied role requiring exceptional attention to detail, professionalism, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
Your responsibilities will include:

Delivering comprehensive administrative support to the Chief Executive
Managing an extensive and fast paced diary, organising meetings, Teams calls, travel, accommodation, and site visits
Preparing documents, reports, agendas, presentations, and board materials
Providing accurate minute taking for meetings, including Executive Board and project‑related sessions
Supporting the wider Executive Team and Operations Directors with administrative tasks, compliance documentation, and periods of high workload
Coordinating special events, conferences, away days, and meetings across the UK
Completing data entry, raising purchase orders, maintaining organised electronic and physical filing systems (GDPR compliant)
Acting as a key point of contact for internal communications and distributing information on behalf of the CEO
Ensuring all duties are carried out in line with organisational values, safeguarding requirements, and professional standards

This role suits someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys variety, and is motivated by supporting senior leaders in achieving operational excellence.

What you'll need to succeed

To excel in this role, you should bring:

Demonstrable experience as an Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant supporting senior leaders
Experience working within a complex, multi site organisation - ideally within education, care, health, or regulated sectors
Strong literacy, numeracy, accuracy, and attention to detail (GCSE English & Maths required)
Excellent command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and the ability to learn new systems
Confident minute taking, fast and accurate typing, and the ability to produce high‑quality documents
Outstanding organisational skills, ability to self-manage, and confidence handling multiple priorities
Professional communication skills with a strong customer-service approach
A high level of discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality
Willingness to travel occasionally to meetings or events
An Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain)
If you're proactive, reliable, calm under pressure and enjoy being the trusted support to a busy executive team, this role will suit you perfectly.

What you'll get in return

Fully remote working with flexibility and autonomy
Enhanced annual leave, company sick pay, and pension
Life assurance
UK wide health cash plan (covering everyday healthcare costs)
24/7 GP access for you and your household
Employee Assistance Programme including 24/7 counselling support
Access to Perkbox savings and discounts, Cycle to Work scheme, and Car Scheme
Financial wellbeing support through Wagestream
Ongoing training, development, and opportunities to grow your skill setYou'll be joining an organisation that genuinely invests in its people and empowers them to make a difference.

What you need to do now

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