Executive Support Officer

Thrive Homes; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Homes is looking for an Executive Support Officer to assist the Chief Executive and the Executive Team. This position entails managing diaries, preparing meeting agendas and minutes, and maintaining governance records, with some remote flexibility. The ideal candidate will showcase strong administration skills and a commitment to maintaining data protection compliance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in PA/administration support.
• Experience working with Boards and Committees.
• Ability to produce high-quality minutes.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chief Executive with diary management and meeting preparation.
• Organise Board and Executive Team meetings, including agendas and minutes.
• Manage GDPR-related inquiries and ensure compliance.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

GDPR Knowledge

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Executive Support Officer, Hemel Hempstead

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Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

12 Months Fixed Term Contract, Full Time

37 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Thrive Homes is seeking an Executive Support Officer to support the Chief Executive with routine enquiries and standard correspondence. In this key role you will also support the Executive Team with diary management, external appointments and meeting preparation. This includes drafting agendas, taking minutes, and managing meeting action logs.

This role requires 3 days office days at our head office in Hemel Hempstead (these days are flexible) and 2 days working from home.

Other Responsibilities:

Organise Forum, Board, Committee, and Executive Team meetings. This includes –sending invitations, preparation of agendas, sourcing papers, and uploading papers to a Board portal.

Produce timely and high-quality minutes for Board and Committee meetings.

Provide governance support and advice to colleagues across the business ensuring that Thrive has robust systems, records, registers, and trackers in place.

Manage the Thrive Seal & Signatures Registers, maintaining supporting guidance, providing quality assurance checks pre-signature, while ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded.

Support the onboarding of new Board members; ensuring that all paperwork is completed and actioned.

Support in the maintenance of the Policy Hub to ensure that an accurate records of policies for colleagues and externally on the website.

Support the process designed to protect the data we collect, store and transfer; ensuring that all data protection issues are dealt with in accordance with the agreed process and timeline.

Manage the GDPR in-box and respond to queries from the business and our customers (with external advice where required).

Conduct regular analysis of data protection

Requirements:

You can demonstrate a track record of delivery against our key deliverables or a foundation on which can be built to fulfil the full brief.

We are flexible in how you have achieved your skills and experience, through education or through worked experience.

Your ability to role model our core behaviours is as important as technical expertise.

You must be able to support a culture founded in trust and respect for everyone.

Demonstratable experience of exemplary PA/administration support within work experience is important.

Some experience in working with GDPR or a willingness to learn

Experience of working as an Executive Officer for senior staff

Ability to produce high quality minutes

Experience of working with Boards and Committees

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Closing date: 26th June 2025

Interviews Dates:

Second stage on-site interview: 2nd July 2025

Specific roles within Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check, the successful applicant(s) will be contacted by our People Team if this applies to their role.

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.