EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Salary: £36,650 Hours: Full time Contract Type: Permanent Location: Bristol (Hybrid) Closing Date: 05 Jan 25 PURPOSE To provide integral support to three Directors. Responsible to the Head of Operations, working closely with the Business Support Team, to support the Directors and ensure that they can carry out their responsibilities fully and appropriately. This is a varied and challenging role, which requires you to build trusted relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. The post holder will be expected to deliver at pace, communicate and collaborate effectively, and demonstrate attention to detail alongside the need for confidentiality, to ensure that the Directors are well supported. RESPONSIBILITIES To provide comprehensive and proactive support to the three Directors at Research England (RE). Act as a key link between the Directors and teams across Research England. Maintain a strong awareness of upcoming issues and decisions, recognise urgent issues and ensure they are brought to the attention of the Directors as appropriate. Undertake and manage administrative support activities. Ensuring all work is carried out to high professional standards and in a timely manner, maintaining confidentiality. Manage diary planning for the three Directors including scheduling, travel arrangements and prioritising the demands on their time effectively. This role is central to the organisation and will require you to respond to different types of challenges and tasks daily in a fast-paced environment. You will act as an important interface with external and internal colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, building strong and trusted relationships. Work flexibly as required to support colleagues across the team and organisation. You may be required to deliver ad-hoc projects. SHORTLISTING / INTERVIEW CRITERIA A proven professional PA/Executive Assistant with experience of providing high quality support to senior staff. Able to write clear and accurate correspondence, appropriately tailored to the audience. Able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise manner to different audiences across all levels of seniority. To demonstrate resilience and the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure and in the face of conflicting and changing priorities to ensure that business critical tasks are delivered, showing awareness of the impact of any decisions and actions. The ability to show initiative, manage ambiguity, able to think and adapt quickly; and be able to operate independently when required. Interest in developing knowledge of the higher education sector in which Research England operates. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEVELOPING TALENT: We are committed to developing employees in their roles throughout their career. Learning and development plans enable employees to continue their professional development through training and development opportunities such as e-learning, classroom training and on-the-job experiences. We encourage our employees to share their learning across teams and organisations. BENEFITS: UKRI can offer the successful candidate: - Flexible Working - 30 days annual leave Public Holidays - Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme - Various everyday discounts through our dedicated provider Visit our dedicated benefits webpage for more info:Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ADZN1_UKTJ