EA to CEO

 EA to CEO

London (Central)

£40,103 salary per annum (commensurate with skills and experience) + Benefits

• Are you an experienced Personal or Executive Assistant looking for your next challenge?
• Are you interested in working for a progressive and constantly evolving organisation?
• Can you work in a creative demanding work place working alongside high profile stakeholders?

We’re looking for an Executive Assistant to support our Chief Executive Officer.

You will have strong organisational skills, the ability to work independently in a creative environment providing practical support to colleagues with strong interpersonal skills, and the confidence and ability to communicate effectively. You’ll be a time manager and multi-tasker with proven experience working either in a Personal or Executive Assistant role managing key stakeholders. You will be resilient and have able to deal tactfully in with stakeholders in high pressured situations. You’ll show a commitment to the RSA’s mission and ideally be able to demonstrate an interest in the key research areas of the organisation.

What the role involves:

• To support the work of the Chief Executive and General Counsel/Head of CEO’s Office by ensuring good communication and working relationships with RSA staff and the departments, Fellows of the RSA, the President and Chair.
• To provide full secretarial and administrative support in order to ensure the efficient running of both the Chief Executive’s and Chairman’s offices.
• To act as a key administrator to the wider Executive Team.

The RSA combines thought leadership with civic innovation to further human progress. Building on our 260 year history as a beacon for enlightenment values, the RSA is currently at an exciting period in its history. We provide platforms for leading experts through the UK’s most ambitious free public lecture series, our projects generate new models for tackling the social challenges of today and we are building on our network of over 29,000 Fellows around the world – these are achievers and influencers from every field with a real commitment to progressive and social change.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more!

How to apply

To apply for this position please submit the below as two documents:

      - Your current CV

      - A covering letter clearly addressing how you meet the criteria for the role as set out in the person specification. You may address your covering letter to Nicholas Bull, General Counsel and Head of Executive’s Office.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am Monday 19^th November 2018. Interviews are expected to take place on 28th November 2018.  Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.