Board and Governance PA

Openwork Limited; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme 7.5% on target

Pension matching up to 5%

Critical illness cover

Income protection

Death in service - 4x salary

27 days holiday + bank holidays + 10?

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Job summary

The Openwork Partnership in Swindon is seeking a part-time Board and Governance PA to support Board, Committee and governance activity. You will manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings, and handle information securely, providing ad hoc support as needed.

This role is based in our Swindon office and offers a benefits package including a £27,000 salary for 25 hours, with a 7.5% on-target bonus and pension matching, plus private medical and other flexible benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant role.
• Experience supporting Non-Executive Directors and Board-level stakeholders.
• Exceptional diary management and meeting coordination skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the primary point of contact for the CoSec function.
• Managing complex diaries and calendars for Non-Executive Directors and Board members.
• Coordinating meetings, ensuring schedules, logistics and arrangements are effectively organised.
• Working closely with Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants across the business to ensure stakeholder commitments and managed seamlessly.
• Providing comprehensive administration support to the CoSec team.

Skills

Diary management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Executive support

Job description

As the Board and Governance PA, you will support the smooth running of Board, Committee and governance-related activity by ensuring meetings are organised effectively, information is handled appropriately and ad hoc support is provided where needed.

Please note, this is a part-time position for 25 hours and will require some presence in our Swindon office.

Benefits package:

• Salary - £27,000 based on 25 hours (equivalent to £38,000 FTE)
• Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
• Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
• Critical illness cover
• Income protection
• Death in service - 4x salary
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
• A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.

Key accountabilities:

• Acting as the primary point of contact for the CoSec function
• Managing complex diaries and calendars for Non-Executive Directors and Board members
• Coordinating meetings, ensuring schedules, logistics and arrangements are effectively organised
• Working closely with Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants across the business to ensure Stakeholder commitments and managed seamlessly
• Providing comprehensive administration support to the CoSec team

What will you need to succeed?

• Significant experience in a Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant role
• Previous experience supporting Non-Executive Directors and Board-level stakeholders
• Exceptional diary management and meeting coordination skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Financial services experience would be advantageous, but is not essential

Why us?

At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.