Executive Assistant
Location: King's Cross, London
Contract length: Full time/Perm
Salary: £36,400 per annum
About the Employer
Our client is the UK’s national fundraising charity for art. With over 142,000 members, they are leading the way in pioneering support for an inclusive and welcoming museum and gallery sector across the UK.
The charity works closely with a network of 900 museums and respond to their needs and aspirations. They are excited to see how they want to develop: to expand and diversify their collections and workforce, develop curatorial skills, make ambitious acquisitions, and create a welcoming, inclusive space for communities. With the support of over 140,000 members who buy a National Art Pass, patrons, and donors the charity can provide grants, encourage visiting and advocate for museums' essential role and value.
The charity has diversity, inclusion, and sustainability central to their thinking and the opportunity to be a force for good, galvanise support and help change things for the better inspires their team.
This is an incredibly exciting time to join the organisation and they are looking for a brilliant individual to take up the role of Executive Assistant to their Director.
The focus of the role is to support the work of the Director by providing a high level of effective and efficient administration support including complex diary management (balancing internal and external priorities), managing a busy inbox, drafting correspondence, papers and presentations and ensuring effective stakeholder management.
You will also work closely with the Governance Manager to support the management of Board and Committee meetings and Trustee communications.
If you have excellent administration experience and thrive in a busy environment, the organisation wants to hear from you.
Key Employee Benefits
* Generous Annual leave– 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, with additional non-contractual office closure dates at Christmas.
* Free National Art Pass - for yourself and another person of your choice.
* Free Entry to Exhibitions
* Life Assurance- cover for up to three times your basic salary.
* Season Ticket Loan
* Pensions - Eligible employees are enrolled into the scheme with the exception of those who have contracts of three months or less. The employer contributes 8% of the basic annual salary during the first six months of employment or until probation is successfully completed, whichever is the later. At that point the contribution is increased to 10%.
Closing deadline: 23.59 on 7 September 2025
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This organisation is committed to building their team and trustees from the broad range of backgrounds and experiences across the UK, valuing difference and diversity, and building a workplace based on shared values of equality and mutual respect.
They have ambitious plans for the future and will be holding themselves to account and putting their principles into action, as they all work together to help bring about positive change and a fairer future for everyone. Therefore, they want to encourage applications from all races, ages, religions and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with any kind of disabilities and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to this organisation.
Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.
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