Executive Assistant to Senior Leaders - Hybrid Incident

UK Ministry of Defence; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Employer pension contribution

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Job summary

Mining Remediation Authority in Mansfield seeks an experienced Executive Assistant to support senior leaders in a fast-moving incident-response environment. Your role will focus on inbox and diary management, coordinating urgent actions, and maintaining clear, professional communications across diverse stakeholders.

You will work within a collaborative EA team, helping to keep complex workloads ordered, actions tracked, and meetings well organised in a high-profile setting.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a director, chief executive or other senior leader.
• Excellent inbox and diary management skills.
• Strong organisation, prioritisation and attention to detail.
• Confidence communicating with people at all levels.
• Discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Proactive and collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted support to senior leaders as they manage a complex and rapidly changing incident response.
• Manage inbox, identify urgent issues, coordinate responses and route requests appropriately.
• Manage diaries and meetings; prepare agendas and papers; take minutes; maintain action trackers.
• Organise visits and events and build relationships with a varied stakeholder network.
• Ensure professionalism and clear communication when handling time-critical issues.
• Collaborate with the EA team to improve forward planning and ways of working.

Skills

Executive support

Inbox management

Diary management

Prioritisation

Stakeholder communications

Discretion

Collaborative teamwork

Job description

Mining Remediation Authority in Mansfield seeks an experienced Executive Assistant to support senior leaders in a fast-moving incident-response environment. Your role will focus on inbox and diary management, coordinating urgent actions, and maintaining clear, professional communications across diverse stakeholders.

You will work within a collaborative EA team, helping to keep complex workloads ordered, actions tracked, and meetings well organised in a high-profile setting.