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EA to CEO

Published 19 March 2026
£34500.00 - £39000.00 per annum
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Permanent
Job Starts: 19th March 2026
Office and Commercial Support

Job Description

My client is looking to recruit a PA to CEO working in an Educational seeting (52 week contract). The role iwll be office based with some travel to other locations.

Key Duties:

  • Complete diary management for the CEO, prioritising time to ensure the CEO is able to consistently impact and influence the partnership.
  • Provide a diverse range of administrative support to the CEO, consistently providing high quality and well present documentation.
  • Through consistent and pro-active communication ensuring the CEO is informed and prepared to operate strategically in all forums and at all times.
  • Prepare and make available key documentation to ensure the CEO is well prepared on a weekly and daily basis.
  • Host visitors providing a high level of customer service at all times.
  • Communicate with key stakeholders, ensuring that all are kept informed on all activity associated to the CEO.
  • Accompany the CEO in meetings, taking minutes and providing administrative support.
  • Accompany the CEO at key events where appropriate.
  • Complete management of the CEOs inbox, ensuring the CEO is well informed at all times, and actions required are prioritised.
  • Enable the CEO remain connected and informed of key developments.
  • Support the CEO to maintain strong communication and reporting to Trustees, this to include management of Trustee meetings and the preparation of reports and associated evidence.
  • Enable the CEO to build strong and effective relationships with the DfE through key communications,
  • Enable the CEO to be fully prepared for any external accountability of the MAT, including the development of key documentation and collation of evidence.
  • Work with the CEO to develop a full strategy that evaluates and drives culture across the partnership.
  • Support the CEO in fulfilling system wide responsibilities on behaf of the DfE.
  • Enable the CEO to remain connected to individuals and departments across the central team.
  • Work with the CEO to enable a programme of 'social' opportunities across the central team.
  • Organising travel and accommodation arrangements.
  • Collating and filing expenses.
  • Miscelanous tasks, in response to the needs of the CEO.
  • Support the wellness of the CEO, ensuring the capacity to consistently operate effectively.

The successful candidate will have the following:

Experience

  • Experience as a PA, or equivalent in a professional environment
  • Supporting at an Executive leadership level
  • Experience of diary/ people management scheduling
  • Experience working with and supporting an effective team
  • Experience providing administrative support in formal meetings

Skills and Knowledge

  • Highly effective Executive Assistant/Personal Assistant
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and manage workload
  • Able to provide positive and welcoming customer service
  • Strong literacy skills
  • Good presentation skills, able to produce high quality materials to support presentations and professional reports.
  • Good attention to detail
  • Able to build strong and open working relationships
  • Have high expectations for themselves and the people they work with
  • Be adaptive and responsive to change
  • Highly professional, consistently respecting confidentiality
  • Demonstrates resilience, able to remain solution focused at al times.
  • Full driving license

The role is paying up to £39,000.

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Required Skills

  • Executive Assistant
  • EA to CEO


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