Executive Operations & People Coordinator

LGBT Great; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing benefits

Lunch allowance

Volunteer time

Professional development

Parental leave

Employee events

Job summary

Janus Henderson Investors is seeking an experienced executive support professional to assist the Chief of Staff (People) and leadership team. The role translates priorities into execution, connecting strategy, operations and communications to keep the function running effectively.

You will work across senior stakeholders, contribute to leadership forums including ExCo, and support the People strategy through governance, planning, budgeting, and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in a business management, project management, or chief of staff support role.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and/or leadership teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information.
• Highly proactive, with strong problem-solving mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Nice to have: Knowledge and experience of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief of Staff in driving key priorities across the People function.
• Coordinate ExCo and senior leadership materials (papers, agendas, follow-ups).
• Track actions and commitments, ensuring delivery against deadlines.
• Support business planning, tracking and reporting across the function.
• Maintain key management information (scorecards, metrics, dashboards).
• Assist with budgeting, invoicing and financial tracking.
• Help ensure strong governance and control across activities.
• Support delivery of priority projects (e.g. engagement surveys, People initiatives, transformation programmes).
• Coordinate inputs across teams and ensure alignment to timelines.
• Identify risks and proactively resolve issues.
• Support internal communications for the People function and leadership updates.
• Help shape clear, consistent messaging across channels.
• Coordinate key events, offsites and leadership forums.
• Act as a key point of coordination across People, Finance, Communications and other functions.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Help ensure alignment across competing priorities.

Skills

Business management

Project management

Chief of staff support

Organisational skills

Senior stakeholders

Written communication

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Fast-paced environment

Job description

Janus Henderson Investors is seeking an experienced executive support professional to assist the Chief of Staff (People) and leadership team. The role translates priorities into execution, connecting strategy, operations and communications to keep the function running effectively.

You will work across senior stakeholders, contribute to leadership forums including ExCo, and support the People strategy through governance, planning, budgeting, and project delivery.