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Executive Assistant to Senior Chair - 18-Month FTC
£55,000-£68,000 | Potentially up to £70,000 for an exceptional candidate | London | Hybrid
Summary
Our client is a highly respected, international and purpose-led organisation with a global impact. They are seeking an exceptional Executive Assistant to provide trusted support to a senior Chair during an important period of growth and development.
This is a high-profile opportunity for an experienced EA who enjoys working in a fast-paced, international environment and is confident supporting a senior executive with complex commitments, multiple time zones and high-level stakeholders.
The Role
Working closely with the Chair and a senior adviser, you will take ownership of a complex and demanding schedule, ensuring everything runs smoothly and anticipating requirements before they arise.
Key responsibilities include:
- Extensive diary management across multiple time zones, with proactive planning and follow-up.
- Coordinating complex domestic and international travel, accommodation, visas and logistics.
- Managing changing schedules and resolving last-minute issues calmly and efficiently.
- Coordinating high-level internal and external meetings, including rooms, virtual technology and hospitality.
- Acting as a professional point of contact for senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Managing correspondence, documents, approvals, expenses and confidential administration.
- Providing basic IT and virtual meeting support where required.
- Ensuring the Chair is fully prepared and punctual for meetings, engagements and travel.
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The ideal candidate will have proven experience supporting a very senior executive within an international or similarly complex environment, with exceptional diary and travel management experience.
You will be:
- Highly organised, meticulous and proactive, with excellent follow-through.
- Experienced managing complex international diaries and travel across multiple time zones.
- Discreet and trustworthy, with excellent judgement when handling sensitive information.
- Polished, warm and professional, with the confidence to engage with senior stakeholders.
- Calm under pressure and able to manage competing priorities and changing requirements.
- Comfortable working independently and anticipating what is needed without being asked.
- Culturally aware and confident working across an international organisation.
- An excellent communicator with strong written and spoken English; French is preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable with virtual meeting technology and basic IT troubleshooting.
- A genuine interest in working for a purpose-led organisation with global impact is important.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, gain significant international exposure and join an intellectually stimulating organisation where professionalism, precision and integrity are highly valued.
Salary: £55,000-£68,000 depending on experience, potentially up to £70,000 for an exceptional candidate
Contract: 18-month FTC, full-time
Location: London, hybrid working
Benefits: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, 8% pension, private medical/cash plan and death-in-service benefit.
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If you are an experienced senior-level EA looking for a genuinely international role where discretion, judgement and exceptional organisation are valued, we would love to hear from you.
Office Angels is an employment agency. We are an equal opportunities employer who put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Office Angels is an employment agency and business. We are an equal-opportunities employer who puts expertise, energy and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and more. By showcasing talents, skills and unique experiences in an inclusive environment, we help individuals thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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