Strategic Executive Support Lead - Hybrid

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

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.