This is an exciting opportunity to provide core administration support as well as completing independent research and drafting papers as Executive Assistant to the Director for Ministry.
What you'll be doing
The Executive Assistant to the Director for Ministry (EA) is a key aide to the Director, providing core and advanced administrative support, including as secretary to the Ministry Development Board. The role includes diary and meetings management, taking initiative in writing briefings, conducting research, drafting papers and presentations, providing support for senior level meetings and organising regular team meetings including an annual residential.
Key role requirements:
1. You will be required to work from the primary office location 1-2 days per week, subject to business need.
About the Department/Role
The Ministry Development Team (MDT) is a team of 41 people which sits within the Archbishops’ Council. We are nationally responsible for ensuring that there is a pipeline of lay and ordained ministers together with their terms of service and the development of future and current senior leaders to meet the missional needs of the church. Our work requires us to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and partners. The responsibilities of the team are wide ranging and therefore the work of the Director is diverse, high energy and high volume.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people.
To be successful in this role, you will have/be:
* Experience of executive level office management and holistic administrative support in a working partnership with high levels of mutual trust and accountability.
* Experience of agenda setting, minute-taking and action logging/monitoring.
* Proven track record in the preparation of high-quality presentations and papers.
* Sensitivity and good judgement in dealing with urgent, confidential and complex matters, including proactively scanning the horizon for potential opportunities and issues.
* Ability to work under pressure using own initiative to creatively problem solve, prioritise and meet competing deadlines in a complex working environment.
What we offer
Your Salary
* A salary of £48,556 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
Your Benefits
* 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
* We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests, looked at on a case-by-case scenario.
* We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, including enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave.
* Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash, providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments.
* Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
* Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
* Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
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