Personal Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer

Term Time Plus 2 Weeks, Level 10 – SCP 28-31, £31371-£33799 pro rata, £28517-£30724 actual)

Applications are invited for the above post within the City Learning Trust.  We are seeking an exceptional and suitably experienced Personal Executive Assistant to work closely with the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Leadership Group across the Trust to provide a professional, confidential, discrete, proactive, efficient and effective executive support service.

The successful candidate will be an outstanding leader of administration who can demonstrate a track record of highly effective support for leaders of organisations.

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to work with and support the Chief Executive Officer as he leads the organistaion in local, national and international settings. 

You will work closely with the CEO, Executive Leadership Group and Academy leaders across the Trust.  You will work with a talented and committed team of people in the Trust and act as the main point of liaison for the office of the Chief Executive with Trust staff, local, national and international partners. As such, you will need to possess excellent communication and diplomacy skills, coupled with high quality administrative and support skills and the experience to assist the Chief Executive Officer and his team in the efficient and effective running of the Trust.  

The City Learning Trust is committed to raising the aspirations and achievements of all young people within our learning community and is a 3-19 partnership of schools and academies.  We aim to create a world-class education system across our community of schools.

We are looking for someone who:

• has energy and enthusiasm and is passionate about providing high quality executive support
• has initiative and is proactive
• has excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• has a proven track record of delivering highly effective executive support for leaders
• is an advocate of partnership working and is a committed and effective team player
• prides themselves on attention to detail and accurary 
• is diplomatic and confidential 
• is an excellent administrator with high quality ICT skills

In return we can offer you:

• an opportunity to contribute to the development and efficient operation of an education Trust that aspires to be world class
• a competitive salary structure
• an interesting and varied work schedule that will enable you to have a signifificant impact on the development of the organisation
• a commitment to your professional development with opportunities through a programme of personalised professional learning

Closing Date: 30th June 2019

You will be informed if you are successful for interview by 2nd July 2019 and interviews will take place on 11th or 12th July 2019.  

If you are interested in having an informal conversation about this opportunity please contact Amy Fox who will arrange such (01782 853535). It would be helpful if the letter in support of your application is no more than 2 sides of A4. If you wish, you may submit a CV with your application but not instead of it.  Please send your application to: afox@citylearningtrust.org

City Learning Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.