Executive Assistant to the CEO 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

The Bar Council represents the nearly 16000 barristers in England and Wales. It promotes the Bars high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services; fair access to justice for all; the highest standards of ethics equality and diversity across the profession; and the development of business opportunities for barristers at home and abroad.

The Bar Council is the governing body and the Approved Regulator for the Bar of England and Wales. It discharges its regulatory functions through the independent Bar Standards Board.

We are seeking a proactive highly organised and personable executive assistant to support our new Chief Executive in their first year at the Bar Council. Working with our executive office and governance team the successful candidate will be responsible for planning and delivering a comprehensive induction programme for the new CEO to include arranging and facilitating meetings and briefings with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders as well as providing ongoing high-level administrative and organisational support to the CEO.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide support at the highest level of the organisation and encompasses diary management stakeholder liaison producing briefing documents and papers minute-taking at meetings arranging complex travel and itineraries and expense monitoring. From time to time the postholder may be required to assist other members of the Senior Management Team and the wider executive office.

Ideally we are looking for a EA with experience providing comprehensive support to a high-level executive who can hit the ground running manage a busy diary and prioritise complex and conflicting demands whilst planning ahead with a strategic mindset. The successful executive assistant will need to evidence a collaborative and solutions-focussed approach to work. A willingness or desire to learn about the legal sector would be beneficial.

In return the Bar Council offers excellent terms and conditions of employment including:

• 27days annual leave

• Up to 12% employers pension contribution

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

• Life cover and more

For full details of the role please referto the job description.

The Bar Council is part of the Disability Confident with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role will be guaranteed an interview under this scheme.

Closing Date: Monday 5 January 2026at 23:59

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 12 January 2026

The independent practicing Bar of England and Wales is more than 16500 strong and plays a crucial role in upholding the principles of government accountability under law and vindication of legal rights through the courts.

A strong and independent Bar exists to serve the public. As specialists independent advocates barristers enable people to uphold their legal rights often acting on behalf of the most vulnerable members of society.

The Bar makes a vital contribution to the efficient and effective operation of criminal and civil courts. It provides a pool of talent from increasingly diverse backgrounds from which a significant proportion of the judiciary is drawn and on whose independence the rule of law and our democratic way of life depends.