CEO Executive Assistant & Strategic Partner

MOBOLISE; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

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Job summary

Greene King, the country’s leading pub company and brewer, seeks a CEO Executive Assistant to act as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO, aligning priorities and driving accountability across the business.

You’ll develop ways of working across the executive support community, partnering with colleagues to build capability, improve processes and drive technology-enabled solutions. A dynamic, high-impact role in a historic UK business.

Qualifications

• Significant experience supporting C-Suite or Executive-level leaders within a fast-paced organisation.
• Strong strategic planning and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Proven ability to operate with discretion, integrity and professionalism when handling confidential information.
• Excellent communication skills with experience producing executive-level presentations, reports and board materials.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage complex logistics and multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Experience leading, coaching or developing administrative support colleagues would be advantageous.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with excellent judgement and decision-making skills.
• Strong digital capability and enthusiasm for leveraging technology to improve ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to the CEO, managing priorities, actions and outcomes to support strategic business objectives.
• Drive follow-up actions with senior stakeholders to ensure commitments are delivered within agreed timelines.
• Anticipate challenges, identify risks and proactively resolve issues before they escalated.
• Maintain visibility of key strategic initiatives, removing blockers and ensuring momentum is maintained.
• Build strong relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate small projects on behalf of the CEO and wider Executive team where required.
• Prepare high-quality board, committee and leadership materials, ensuring information is accurate, concise and impactful.
• Draft executive-level communications, presentations, reports and briefings.
• Support end-to-end board and governance processes, including agendas, papers, actions and deadlines.
• Manage and prioritise requests directed to the CEO, ensuring focus remains on key strategic priorities.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to facilitate collaboration and effective decision-making.
• Line manage and develop the function's Executive Assistants, ensuring high standards of support for senior leaders and their teams.
• Manage complex diaries, travel arrangements and logistical requirements, ensuring the CEO's time is optimised for maximum effectiveness.
• Ensure meetings are purposeful, well prepared and focused on delivering clear outcomes.
• Represent the CEO professionally across the business, acting as a credible extension of the executive office.
• Coordinate complex communications and information flows between the Executive Board, Leadership Group and external stakeholders.
• Partner with the Pub & Admin Support Manager to implement people, process and technology improvements across the wider administration community.
• Champion efficient, collaborative and technology-enabled ways of working.
• Support the development and adoption of best practice across Executive Assistants, Team Assistants and operational support teams.
• Contribute to building a unified support function that operates in the best interests of Greene King and our pub teams.

Skills

C-suite support

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Discretion & professionalism

Executive communication

Organisation & multitasking

People leadership

Problem solving

Digital capability

Job description

Greene King, the country’s leading pub company and brewer, seeks a CEO Executive Assistant to act as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO, aligning priorities and driving accountability across the business.

You’ll develop ways of working across the executive support community, partnering with colleagues to build capability, improve processes and drive technology-enabled solutions. A dynamic, high-impact role in a historic UK business.