Executive Assistant

Housing Quality Network; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Abri is recruiting an Executive Assistant to support the Chief Operations Officer. The role is six-month fixed term with potential to become permanent, based in one of Abri’s offices (Eastleigh, London, Bracknell or Yeovil) with travel to other offices.

You will liaise with senior internal and external stakeholders, manage the COO's diary and inbox, assist with reports, presentations and data gathering, and support governance meetings while handling confidential information with discretion.

Qualifications

• Diary management experience and calendar coordination with senior leaders.
• Ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at high levels.
• Support COO with reports, presentations and information gathering.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive support to the COO across multiple functions.
• Manage diary, monitor inboxes, and assist with governance processes.
• Prepare reports and presentations and track actions and priorities.

Skills

Diary management

Stakeholder liaison

Report preparation

Data gathering

Governance support

Discretion

Job description

This is a unique opportunity to work alongside Abri’s Chief Operations Officer (COO), Mary Gibbons. Mary is responsible for the Group’s services strategy, ensuring Abri delivers the very best homes and services we can today while pursuing ideals that make tomorrow better.

Are you a proactive, dedicated, resilient and highly organised individual? This is asix-month fixed termrole with potential to be made permanentfor an Executive Assistant, based in any of Abri’s offices (Eastleigh, London, Bracknell, or Yeovil) but includes an element of travel to the other Abri offices.

We are looking for someone who has the confidence to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at the highest levels. You will provide support to the COO on many fronts and be able to identify and anticipate their requirements.

You will be highly literate and numerate with strong emotional intelligence, naturally inquisitive and super proactive in your approach. Able to work both autonomously and as part of the wider Executive Assistant team.

You will need commercial awareness and be able to quickly build up an understanding of our business requirements. The role includes tasks such as diary management, inbox monitoring on the COO’s behalf, alongside assisting with the preparation of reports and presentations and data/information gathering. You’ll also play a key role in supporting senior meetings and governance processes, handling confidential information with discretion, tracking actions and priorities, and helping to improve ways of working across the COO’s office.

Abri prides itself on being a Great Place to Work with the aim of achieving outstanding business results.