Location: Holborn, London

Job Type: Permanent, Full time 35hrs

Salary: £30,033- £34,633 depending on experience and qualification (including ILW)

Are you experienced in providing excellent administrative support within a complex and professional organisation? Have you had experience in dealing with Board Level, Senior Management and Senior Stakeholders Do you want the opportunity to work in an organisation with great moral and social values?

How we work:

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year our team changes the lives of 400,000 children, young people and families.

How you'll make a difference:

Based in our Holborn offices Monday to Friday 9-5pm, we are looking for a Governance Assistant and Executive Assistant to the Chair. You will work within our Governance Team and closely with our Chair of trustees, trustees and other governance volunteers to ensure Action for Children delivers effective and high-quality governance. You will act as a timely first point of contact and administrative and coordination support on Governance matters.

You will do this through a wide variety of activities, surrounding subjects such as:

Taking responsibility for and managing core administrative processes underpinning effective governance, such as detailed annual planners, work and action logs, support for trustee recruitment etc
Providing support to governance meetings, including the collation of packs, logistics etc
Proactive assistance to the Chair of trustees, including management of diaries, referring issues and overseeing responses and keeping the Chair is updated on the issue and actions taken
Managing facilities, travel and accommodation arrangements
Building effective working relationships with all trustees, co-opted members, Executive Leadership Team and Senior Managers, to enable effective strategic management of the charity and expeditious and accurate responses to matters of governance
Supporting the monitoring and evaluating of governance systems, implementing changes where needed that are compliant with legal, regulatory and constitutional requirements - facilitating all necessary actions

A full list of activities is outlined in the job description (link below)

What you will need:

Demonstrable and excellent administrative skills
Experience of providing executive level support, including travel
Experience of organising and servicing meetings, including minute taking
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a good command of written and verbal English
Ability to develop and build effective working relationships with colleagues at various levels
Excellent attention to detail
Demonstrable organisational and planning skills
Experience of working with a varied workload and competing priorities efficiently and effectively
Evidence of continued professional and personal development
Knowledge of and understanding of organisation and management of a large company
3rd sector knowledge desirable
Ability to effectively use Microsoft outlook packages

It is also important to note that a degree level education is preferable

The benefits and rewards:

Salary £30,033- £34,633 (inc ILW allowance)
Minimum 29 days' holiday (+ additional bank holidays)
Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Season ticket travel loans
Company pension scheme
Discounts at major high street retailers

This is a real chance to make a real supportive difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.

Shortlisting date: 21st and 22nd January 2020

Interview date: 7th February 2020

If you have any questions please contact Collete Fraser quoting reference 3018 on collette.fraser@actionforchildren.org.uk

Action for Children reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.