Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours

Location: London/Hybrid (1-2 days per week in our London office)

Salary: £47,000 - £52,000

About us

At Macmillan, you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role

We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Executive Assistant to support the CEO at Macmillan Cancer Support. This instrumental role will provide executive and administrative assistance to help deliver our strategic and operational objectives.

In addition to supporting the CEO, you will role-model administrative best practices, collaborating effectively across the organisation to ensure high-quality output. You’ll be proactive, responsive to the CEO’s needs, and ready to step in and support the team when required, demonstrating a hands-on, can-do attitude.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the CEO's diary, travel, appointments, and external engagements.
• Support relationship management with the Royal Family and Senior Patrons.
• Handle correspondence, ensuring confidentiality and high-quality output.
• Oversee the CEO’s cost centre budget, including invoices and expenses.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless operations and engagement opportunities.
• Manage workflow and ensure the CEO’s time is utilised effectively.

About you:

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience in executive support at a senior level.
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritising and managing multiple tasks.
• Experience in budget management and financial processes.
• Discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: 20th Jan 2025
First interview dates: 28th Jan 2025

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments. 

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies. 

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.