Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant (EA) to the CEO to join us on an 18 months fixed term contract.

 Reporting to the Chief of Staff, this role will support the CEO by managing their time, diary and priorities, liaising with multiple internal and external players using judgement and authority.

The CEO's office sits at the heart of organisation and is frequently the first point of contact for numerous individuals and organisations, both national and international.  It's a dynamic and exciting place to work and we need an energetic and organised self-starter to help support our CEO and Executive Leadership Team.

Please note, this role requires working in our Farringdon offices in London 3 days a week and 2 days remotely.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.  When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave.  We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Provide high-level support to the CEO to ensure his agenda, priorities and objectives are met – including strategic diary and inbox management.
• Manage the CEO's briefings, commission and coordinate from colleagues across the organisation to ensure he is fully briefed for all meetings and travel using One Note.
• Manage planning for ELT meetings and ways of working, and support CEO management of Executive Directors.
• Provide high-level executive support to the CEO while also enabling the Chief of Staff in driving strategic initiatives, streamlining operations, and ensuring seamless cross-functional coordination.
• Be an informed key contact for the CEO team and handle internal and external enquiries in a professional manner liaising with key contacts across corporate, political, media, NGO and other networks.
• Support the CEO in any personal admin requirements.

 The EA to the CEO is to carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects:

• Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, values and approach.
• A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity's code of conduct, policies, procedures and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in the Risk Policy and Procedures.

 About you

• Experience of executive assistance is required – in support of a CEO or equivalent is essential.
• Ability to own, organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently, manage reactive and proactive work from a range of colleagues, and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.
• A pro-active disposition with the ability to use your initiative and be able to think creatively to solve problems.
• Excellent written skills, with the ability to communicate clearly.
• Strong verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders with professionalism.
• Energy and creativity, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well in a team.
• A fast learner – able to pick up information quickly and adapt to change.
• Highly computer literate and confident with Word, One Note, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.
• Discretion in dealing with confidential information.

 What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter).  This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building. 

Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense. 

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure: 

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-offer-benefits/

If you have any questions, we have an FAQ section here. For anything else you can email us on: careers@savethechildren.org.uk