Job Vacancy: Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant, 3 days week, salary £32,500 pro rata

About the Role:

We’re recruiting an Executive Assistant to provide high-level support to our Executive Director and Board of Trustees at an exciting point in the organisation’s development. This is a new role, offering the opportunity to shape ways of working and play a central part in supporting senior leadership and good governance.

You’ll be a trusted partner to the Executive Director, providing diary and travel management, coordinating priorities, and offering reliable day-to-day support.
You’ll also be a key coordinator for Board meetings, managing schedules, papers, actions, and communication to ensure effective governance and organisational efficiency.
We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant, ideally with experience of supporting a Board and senior executives.
You’ll be highly organised, detail-focused, and able to work with discretion, tact, and confidence.
If you enjoy enabling others to do their best work and thrive in a mission-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Please use the job description and person specification information in this application pack to detail your suitability. If you would like to submit your application in a different format, please get in touch via email or phone (020 8960 4000) and we can discuss how best to facilitate your request. CVs submitted on their own, without a supporting covering letter, will not be considered.

If this opportunity sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t match every requirement exactly, we would still encourage you to apply – you may just be the perfect fit. FORWARD is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.

This post is restricted to women applicants only, as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of the role or the application process please email [email protected] and we would be delighted to answer any queries you may have.