Executive Assistant to the Trustees

Executive Assistant to Trustees

National charity

£35,500 per annum pro rata

Permanent

Oxford/Hybrid

22 hours per week with flexible working

Benefits: Excellent pension scheme, contribution of up to 10%, life assurance from day one and access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Do you have experience of supporting charity boards? Are you keen to work in a role where you can make a tangible difference in people's lives?

Charity People are working with a well-established charity who are supporting farming communities, offering practical aid, financial assistance, and mental health support throughout England and Wales, to recruit a talented EA to provide support to their Trustees.

The charity offers tangible, financial, and mental health support. Their funding initiatives enable farmers to attain financial stability. Furthermore, their mental health support contributes to fostering emotional resilience, enabling individuals to effectively navigate challenges within the farming community. These resources are augmented by the round-the-clock hotline and a network of Support Managers across regions, delivering expert counsel and guidance.

The Role

The Executive Assistant make a vital contribution by providing Trustees with a range of professional administrative and strategic support. The role is fundamental to ensure the ongoing development and implementation of governance policies and procedures and provide advice on wider governance issues.

Key responsibilities

• Governance: Promote excellent governance standards, develop and implement governance policies, and advise on governance issues.
• Trustee Support: Manage systems for Trustee appointments, inductions, appraisals, and training while ensuring effective information flow among the Trustees, leadership, and the charity.
• Meeting Coordination: Organise Trustee and Committee meetings, including logistics, hospitality, and preparation of meeting materials.
• Administrative: Provide administrative support for Trustees, act as their primary contact, and maintain a formal schedule of Trustee decision-making matters.

What we are looking for

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate the following in your supporting statement:

• Previous experience of working to support charity trustee boards
• Experience of charity governance and best practice
• Managing critical contacts and relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent administrative and prioritisation skills with the ability to multi-task and manage multiple deadlines
• Pro-active, self-motivated team player who is confident taking the initiative and working independently
• An outstanding communicator, with ability to communicate succinctly on complex issues
• Excellent problem solving
• Excellent writing skills
• IT literacy
• A full UK driving licence
• Farming knowledge/background or an interest in agriculture and the people who work in it (desirable)

If this role has resonated with you and you would like to be part of something truly rewarding, where your skills and dedication will make a tangible difference in the lives of others, then we would love to hear from you.

How to apply

The application process is CV and supporting statement. Please reach out to Jen D'Souza at Charity People for more information about the role.

Due to the nature of the role, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis and interviews are taking place before Christmas. Please do reach out if this impacts you in any way.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.