Places for People
Executive Assistant
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At Places for People, we're more than just an organisation — we're a social enterprise with People at the heart of everything we do. We're looking for an Executive Assistant to support our Field Operations Director and help us continue making a meaningful difference in the communities we serve.
More About Your Role
The role requires up to 2 to 3 days on site.
As Executive Assistant, you'll provide high-quality support to the Field Operations Director, helping them stay focused, prepared, and able to deliver their best work. You'll be the person who brings calm, structure, and clarity to a busy and fast-paced environment, ensuring priorities are managed and communication flows smoothly.
This is a role for someone who thrives on variety. From coordinating a complex and fast-moving diary and inbox, to event management and managing multiple priorities, you'll provide end-to-end support to the Director and his team.
Role
The Essential Criteria for this role is listed below
- Demonstrable experience of supporting Senior Director–level executives in a fast-paced, complex organisation.
- Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to produce accurate, polished work under pressure.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with professionalism, diplomacy, and confidence.
- Proven experience managing multiple projects and priorities, often with tight deadlines and shifting expectations.
More About You.
You'll be someone who brings confidence, structure, and professionalism to every interaction. You take real pride in delivering high-quality work and you naturally spot the details that others might miss. You're comfortable supporting senior leaders and understand how to navigate busy diaries, changing priorities, and sensitive information with discretion and good judgement.
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You will be required to attend your nearest office up to 3 days a week, we are flexible with this approach.
The Benefits
We are a large, diverse, and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
- Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
- A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
- Training and development
- Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas, and much more
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career, then apply following our simple 5-minute application process, upload a CV, and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions, please email the recruitment team.
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.
If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on.
Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role, we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.
If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad, then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud; we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox.
We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture, so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours.
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Safeguarding
At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.
We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.
By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.
Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured, and sick), cadet instructor, and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.
Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.
Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.
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