Executive Support Officer Salary: 28,000 - 38,000 per annum (depending on experience) Contract type: Permanent Working hours: Full-time - 5 days (35 hours) per week Location: Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RY This is an exciting time for Norfolk?s largest conservation charity as it approaches its centenary in 2026 and continues to expand its vital work for Norfolk?s wildlife and they now have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated executive support officer to join their team. Working to a high standard of professionalism and discretion, you will demonstrate a positive and approachable outlook and be responsible for providing comprehensive and confidential executive support service to their Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Excellent co-ordination, collaboration and delivery skills are essential to allow you to provide flexible high-quality support, including effective and efficient management of his diary, meetings, correspondence and key events, enabling the CEO to focus on leading the Trust in the delivery of their strategy. You will play a key role in organising and managing an accurate organisational calendar and a range of trust events including leadership meetings, all staff days, conferences, talks and more. Strong computer literacy and presentation skills will enable you to support their regular performance and management reporting and produce professional internal and external presentation materials. Highly organised and able to work independently, you will show initiative in anticipating and resolving problems as needed. You will possess excellent communication skills and your strong interpersonal skills will enable you to develop effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and colleagues at all levels, both internally and externally. This post offers an excellent opportunity for a candidate with strong experience of providing high quality administrative support at the senior executive level who would like to utilise their skills to support the Trust in its growth and in making a greater impact for wildlife. They offer the following benefits: Competitive annual leave entitlement 8 % employer contribution to Aviva pension (2% employee minimum) Group income protection and death in service benefits (for pension members) Employee Assistance Programme Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies Learning days All staff are eligible for free admission to their nature reserves and visitor centres. If you have the experience and skills that they are looking for and would like to contribute to delivering their strategy of A Wilder Norfolk for All, they would love to hear from you. Deadline for applications: Start of business (09.00 GMT) on Monday 20th January 2025, with interviews to be arranged for the week commencing Monday 27th January 2025. Interested? To apply, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions. They regret that they are unable to reply to all applicants due to the quantity of correspondence. They will only contact you if you have been selected for an interview. If you have not heard from them by Friday 24th January 2025 you should assume your application has not been successful on this occasion. No agencies please.
