Executive Assistant

Willow Wood; Ashton; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays (

Employee Assistance Programme

Subsidised Canteen

Funded training

Job summary

Willow Wood is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant in Ashton to provide dedicated executive support to the Chief Executive and the Board of Trustees. This autonomous role offers the opportunity to shape and develop the position within a much-loved local charity.

The successful candidate will have strong administration, communication and organisation skills, plus excellent experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Copilot, across a 37.5 hour week.

Qualifications

• Strong administration, communication and organisation skills.
• Excellent experience with Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Copilot.
• Ability to work autonomously to support the CEO and Board.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive support to CEO and Board of Trustees.
• Coordinate scheduling, correspondence and meeting logistics.
• Assist with project administration and reporting as needed.

Skills

Administration

Communication

Organization

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Copilot

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Copilot

Job description

Executive Assistant
£26,950 per year
Full time – 37.5 hours per week (some agile working will be considered)

We are looking to employ a dynamic, resourceful and experienced Executive Assistant to provide dedicated executive support to our Chief Executive and the Board of Trustees.

This is a great opportunity to step into an autonomous job which you will have the ability to implement, shape and develop.

This is a varied and rewarding role and we would love to hear from you if you have strong administration, communication and organization skills, along with excellent experience of using Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Copilot).

If you feel you have the skills and experience, along with a desire to work for a much-loved local charity, please get in touch.

The wellbeing of our staff is really important to us here at Willow Wood, and this is demonstrated with the range of benefits we offer, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Employee Assistant Programme
• Subsidised Canteen
• Access to funded training

For an informal chat about the role, please contact our CEO Tracy Minshull or Gill Egerton, Director of People, on 0161 330 1100.

We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes Willow Wood Hospice stronger.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.