Executive Assistant to Director

Great British Energy Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Great British Energy (GBE) is recruiting 5 Executive Assistants to support directors and enable effective governance across the organisation. The role requires proactive, decisive individuals who can work independently, handle busy calendars, travel planning, and confidential information with discretion.

You will be part of a fast-paced, ambitious public-sector energy company based in Aberdeen, with opportunities to shape team strategy and contribute to core delivery while providing traditional

Qualifications

• Experience providing direct support to senior executives is required.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills for a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide a first-class PA function to Directors across the portfolio.
• Manage Directors calendars, travel and inboxes.
• Brief Directors for meetings and visits; accompany on visits when needed.
• Contribute to day-to-day running of the Director’s team and maintain a positive working environment.
• Engage confidently with high-profile partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Executive support

Calendar management

Travel coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Discretion and confidentiality

Interpersonal communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Great British Energy (GBE) is a new publicly owned energy company with a clear purpose: to power Britain with clean, secure, home-grown energy and to help position the UK as a global leader in the clean energy transition.

Our mission is Public Ownership of Energy with Purpose. We exist to accelerate clean energy deployment, strengthen energy security, and ensure that UK workers, communities and taxpayers share directly in the benefits of a cleaner, more resilient energy system. GBE will invest in, develop, build and operate the technologies the UK needs to increase energy independence, while giving communities a direct stake in the transition. GBE is being built to last - our ambition is to become a lasting institution the public can be proud of, and a developer, constructor and owner of energy that is Clean, Secure and Yours. From our base in Aberdeen, we are establishing GBE as a cornerstone of the UK’s energy landscape. Joining GBE means contributing at the very start of this journey: delivering long-term public value, helping shape the UK’s energy future, and building your career in a mission-led, values-driven organisation.

Our ambition is to become a lasting institution that the British public will be proud of; a developer, constructor and owner of homegrown energy that is Clean, Secure and Yours.

From our base in Aberdeen, we are building GBE not just as a company, but as a cornerstone of the UK’s energy landscape: a trusted, transparent and innovative public champion that stands shoulder to shoulder with the leading state-owned energy companies of Europe. GBE will become recognised both at home and abroad as a world-class energy institution that embodies the values, expertise and ambition of the UK.

The Great British Energy Act, which received Royal Assent in May 2025, provided for the UK’s first publicly owned energy company to develop, own and operate energy assets since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in the early 1990s.The 2025 Spending Review allocated GBE and GBE Nuclear over £8.3 billion to deploy towards our missions of delivering clean energy for the people.

More details can be found in the Great British Energy founding statement.

Job Summary

Great British Energy is looking for 5x Executive Assistants to support directors across the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a key priority for the government and for the entire energy sector. We are looking for motivated individuals, who can take decisions based on sound judgement and work independently when needed. The successful candidate will support a range of activities, and the job requires the ability to deliver under pressure and process

information quickly, manage multiple and competing priorities, have good attention to detail and excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new public organisation and would be well suited to someone who likes to work at pace, in ambiguity and is happy to work beyond boundaries and get involved with elements of team strategy and delivery alongside providing traditional PA support. Given the newly established nature of Great British Energy, there is considerable scope for the successful candidate to mould the role going forward.

Some travel may be required.

Job Description

• Provide a first-class personal assistant function to the Director(s) in carrying out their responsibilities across the breadth of their portfolio.
• Ensure Directors calendars, travel and inboxes are well organised
• Ensure Directors are well briefed for meetings and visits; plan, and potentially accompany them on visits
• Contribute proactively to the day-to-day running of the relevant Director’s team, and help create a positive, supportive and friendly working environment.
• Handle critical information with discretion and confidentiality
• Engage confidently with high-profile partners and support the wider directorate in ad hoc tasks as and when required.
• Be highly organised, efficient and flexible as well as able to juggle competing priorities effectively whilst working in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities may change and prioritise effectively to keep to deadlines and maintain service levels and personal resilience.
• Ability to grip priorities and maximise the impact of the deputy director/s.
• Confidently communicate complex and time-sensitive information or instructions to a range of stakeholders, showing attention to detail and an ability to adapt their style to different audiences both verbally and in writing.
• Have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and develop working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including senior leaders.
• Quickly grasp new and complex material quickly using a range of sources.
• Good stakeholder engagement and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and form strong stakeholder relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Senior leaders.
• Manage people-sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality.
• Experience in similar roles, including providing direct support to senior level executives.
• Experience of working within the public sector and/or energy industry.
• Experience in engaging with business and industry