Executive Assistant to Group General Counsel

Starling Bank; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Starling Bank, a leading digital bank, seeks an Executive Assistant to support the Group General Counsel. This role involves managing calendars, organizing travel arrangements, and providing essential administrative support in a hybrid working environment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional organization and communication skills, contributing to the efficiency of the business.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holidays

An extra day’s holiday for your birthday

Options to buy or sell up to five extra days off

16 hours paid volunteering time a year

Company enhanced pension scheme

Life insurance at 4x your salary

Private Medical Insurance with mental health support

Generous family-friendly policies

Perkbox membership for discounts

Access to Cycle to Work initiative

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting a senior leader in a similar EA role.
• Experience within startup/scale-up businesses is highly desirable.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage calendars, prepare briefing notes, and arrange travel.
• Provide comprehensive administrative support to the executive.
• Coordinate schedules and assist with business development meetings.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Communication Skills

Job description

At Starling, we are on a mission to provide people with a fairer, smarter, and more human alternative to traditional banks. We are building a leading digital bank, driven by fast technology, fair service, and honest values. Our vision is to create a banking industry that serves everyone, which we accomplish by developing best-in-class proprietary technology, offering an exceptional customer experience, and establishing a strong, sustainable business.

Our five core values – Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim for Greatness – are at the heart of everything we do, guiding our strategy and shaping our culture. We're a branchless, largely paperless bank, committed to responsible banking, sustainability, and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to support our Group General Counsel. Your responsibilities will include managing calendars, making travel arrangements and preparing briefing notes. To be successful in this role, you should be well-organised, have great time management skills and be able to act without guidance. Ultimately, you will contribute to the efficiency of our business by providing personalised and timely support to an executive member and their wider team (as needed).

Our Hybrid Working policy requires a minimum of 10 days per month to be spent in the office, this role would be expected to mirror the office working arrangements of the Executive they're supporting.

You should be comfortable working in an evolving and rapidly changing environment, therefore if you’re innovative, curious, and not afraid of a challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Support including preparation of briefing notes, minute taking and tracking completion of action points
• Supporting teams in preparation of materials for Board and executive committees and investors including professional formatting of slides and documents
• Coordinating schedules, diaries and managing calendars to ensure activities are properly arranged with no conflicts
• Provide comprehensive administrative support, including managing email, ad-hoc requests such as research and document preparation
• Working with key members of the leadership teams to assist with scheduling meetings for business development purposes
• Help coordinate and organise team communication and events and provide, where required, support to team engagement related activities
• Support with coordinating and possibly attending relevant industry events and conferences; this would include liaison with event organisers, associated logistics and merchandise with support from the business development function
• Schedule and modify travel arrangements
• Liaise with internal teams to set up meeting rooms, arrange catering, set up IT systems, meet and greet external guests and clients.

• Proven experience supporting a senior leader in a similar EA role, ideally within a financial services, regulated or legal environment
• Experience within start up/scale up businesses will be highly desirable
• You will be a team player with great organisational skills, detail-oriented and have a proactive approach.
• Discretion and good judgement in handling sensitive information.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective self-management and time-management skills who is a self starter.

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About us:

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.