Executive Support Manager

Diamond Blaque HR Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Three office days per week

Job summary

Diamond Blaque HR Solutions is recruiting an experienced Executive Support Manager to provide strategic and administrative support to a senior leadership team in a London local authority. You will partner with an Executive Director, manage two Executive Support Officers, and help keep the directorate organized and focused on priorities.

You will line-manage two officers, coordinate diaries and forward plans, and draft communications for senior staff, councillors, and residents.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting executive directors, senior leadership teams or comparable senior stakeholders.
• Strong line-management, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent written communication, with experience producing reports, briefings and formal correspondence.
• Confidence handling complex and sensitive information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, high-quality support and advice to an Executive Director.
• Line manage and develop two Executive Support Officers.
• Manage diaries, workloads, meetings, reports, briefings and forward plans.
• Draft clear communications for senior officers, councillors, partners, staff and residents.
• Coordinate cross-directorate information, committee reporting and follow-up actions.
• Lead or support multidisciplinary projects and monitor delivery against deadlines.
• Oversee responses to council questions, complaints, casework, member enquiries and Freedom of Information requests.
• Build effective relationships with elected members, senior leaders, public-sector partners and community stakeholders.

Skills

Executive support

Line management

Organisation

Discretion

Relationship-building

Job description

The Role

We are recruiting an experienced Executive Support Manager to provide high-level strategic and administrative support to a senior leadership team within a London local authority. You will act as a trusted partner to an Executive Director, manage two Executive Support Officers, and help ensure the directorate is organised, well-briefed, and focused on its priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, high-quality support and advice to an Executive Director.
• Line manage and develop two Executive Support Officers.
• Manage diaries, workloads, meetings, reports, briefings and forward plans.
• Draft clear communications for senior officers, councillors, partners, staff and residents.
• Coordinate cross-directorate information, committee reporting and follow-up actions.
• Lead or support multidisciplinary projects and monitor delivery against deadlines.
• Oversee responses to council questions, complaints, casework, member enquiries and Freedom of Information requests.
• Build effective relationships with elected members, senior leaders, public-sector partners and community stakeholders.

About You

• Proven experience supporting executive directors, senior leadership teams or comparable senior stakeholders.
• Strong line-management, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent written communication, with experience producing reports, briefings and formal correspondence.
• Confidence handling complex and sensitive information with discretion.
• Ability to coordinate competing deadlines and follow actions through to completion.
• Strong relationship-building skills across multidisciplinary and external stakeholder groups.
• Local government or wider public-sector experience is highly desirable.

Why Apply?

• Competitive rate of £33.92 per hour through an Umbrella company.
• High-profile assignment supporting senior local-government leadership.
• Hybrid working with three office days per week.
• Opportunity to lead a small executive support team and influence directorate delivery.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.