Are you an organized and proactive professional eager to make a meaningful impact? St Margaret’s Hospice is looking for an Executive Support Officer to deliver high-quality administrative support to our CEO, Executive Team of Directors, and Trustee Board. The role can be based in either Taunton or Yeovil. This is a hybrid working position, with the option to work half the week in the office and half at home. You will join us on a permanent, part time (30 hours per week) basis. With flexibility, this could be worked over 4 or 5 days (Monday to Friday). In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £23,639.66 per annum. You won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match. What can you expect to be doing? This is an exciting opportunity to join our established Executive Support Team and provide professional, efficient, and confidential administrative assistance. In this role, you'll primarily support our Clinical Director and Director of People, Development & Governance. The position is similar to that of a personal assistant. Your day-to-day work will involve: Managing and coordinating board committee meetings and key directorate meetings, Taking precise and concise meeting minutes, Arranging external and internal meetings, including travel arrangements for attendees, Diary and email management, Offering centralised administrative support as needed. What will you be good at? You will need: Significant experience in administrative support, including producing meeting papers and minute-taking Strong communication skills as you will be interacting with external partners, visitors, with our Trustees and colleagues across the wider organisation To be highly skilled in Microsoft Office, including MS Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Office 365 Exceptional time management and organisational skills The ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Occasional travel between our Hospice locations in Taunton and Yeovil, and other locations, will be required. What can we offer you? Holiday entitlement 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time) Ability to buy and sell annual leave Pension scheme NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme* Non-NHS employees will receive 5.5% employer and 5% employee contribution. Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering: Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance Counselling and support Legal, financial, and medical information and advice And more… Life assurance cover – 2x salary Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits Blue Light Discount Card Enhanced maternity/paternity leave* Excellent learning and development opportunities Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton Volunteering and fundraising opportunities *Eligibility criteria applies Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. Next Steps To apply for this role, please click the Apply Now button to complete an online application form. As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload a CV and answer a few questions relevant to the role. Your answers will be reviewed as part of our shortlisting process. We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply. If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to Katie Dominey at Katie.Dominy@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk For any questions about our recruitment process, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk The Interview Process We will contact all candidates to let them know the outcome of their application. If you are shortlisted for interview, you will receive an email from our Recruitment team with a link to book your interview time. Interviews will take place in person at our Taunton Hospice and will involve competency-based questions and two workplace exercises. These will include a planning task and minute taking exercise. The exercises are based on some of the typical tasks that the postholder will carry out in their role and are designed to help us to understand your skills and experience to date. If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you! Closing date for applications: 2nd June 2025 Interview date: Weeks commencing 9th or 16th June.