Executive Assistant to Directors - London, United Kingdom - Amnesty International UK

Amnesty International UK

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Contract Details
Permanent

Salary
£37,551 (includes London Weighting)

Weekly Hours
35 with flexibility options

Location
London EC2A 3EA, plus hybrid within the UK

Application Deadline
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Interview Date
7th or 8th of December 2023

Job Summary
Amnesty International UK has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied.

If that sounds like the impact you would like to have in your professional career, and you believe you have the skills, knowledge and experience to be successful in this role, you could be our new Executive Assistant reporting to the Director of Data, Finance and Infrastructure and also supporting the Director of Fundraising.

About the role

This new role will ensure that the Directors have the right personal support in organising their departments and fulfilling their obligations in reporting, performance and business planning to Boards and Committees.

The Directors are part of AIUK's Senior Management Team.

The Director of Data, Finance and Infrastructure is responsible for our finance, IT, data & insights, risk & assurance, events and facilities functions.

They are responsible for overseeing the running of the Finance, Audit and Risk Sub-committee (FARSC). They have a team of 32 with six direct line reports.

The Director of Fundraising is responsible for our income generation plan and leading the department (organised into four teams: Individual Giving, Social Giving and Retail, Major Gifts Fundraising, Fundraising Innovation) that delivers circa £30m income per year from a wide range of income streams, and manages the relationships with financial supporters, members, and funders.

They have a team of 43 with four direct line reports in addition to this role.

The Executive Assistant will be integral to supporting the Directors to provide positive leadership, by ensuring that their departments have the right administrative systems in place, representing them when liaising with internal and external contacts and providing organisational and administrative services for committees and meetings.

The role will also support the Director of Fundraising with the management of our fundraising compliance programme.

More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if:

You have significant experience as a personal / executive assistant to senior managers.
You're well organised and skilled in using, maintaining and developing administrative systems.
You can manage your workload effectively with priorities from multiple stakeholders.
You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
You are confident in providing organisational and administrative services for committees and meetings. You have good communication and relationship management skills.

Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values.

We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation.

This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days.

2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.