Executive Assistant

BREAST CANCER NOW; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in London is seeking an Executive Assistant to support the Chief Engagement Officer and engagement directors. The ideal candidate will have experience at the director level, excellent communication skills, and a high attention to detail. This role offers hybrid working options and is part of an important campaign to raise £50m. Apply by 10am on 24 November 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting director or chief level executives.
• Ability to communicate effectively across teams and levels.
• Strong capability in building key relationships quickly.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Engagement Officer and engagement directors.
• Manage stakeholder relationships for a £50m campaign.
• Assist in project management and communications.

Skills

Proactive communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Ability to work independently

Job description

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

As part of a large, newly aligned and dynamic engagement directorate, you’ll be supporting the chief engagement officer (CengO) and engagement directors’ key priorities at a formative time for the charity in delivering to our bold new strategy and income and awareness growth. Supporting the CengO’s time, projects, communications and external and internal relationships, you’ll be a key connector cross-organisationally on CengO’s behalf in order to support this progressive time for the directorate and charity. In particular, you will provide exceptional stakeholder management support for the CengO and wider team launching and progressing the £50m campaign and campaign board.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

About you

You’ll be a pro-active, perceptive individual who has experience of executive assistant support for director or chief level. You’ll have a high attention to detail, the ability to work independently, at pace and communicate well across teams at all levels.
You’ll be able to quickly and effectively build key relationships internally and follow up in order to best support the CengO, director team and their priorities in delivering to an ambitious strategy and time of growth.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement online. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date

10am on Monday 24 November 2025

Interview date

Tuesday 2 December 2025

We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.