Executive Support Officer

The Executive Support Officer provides critical secretariat support to UKAEAs governance structures enabling effective decision-making and strategic oversight. The role supports senior leaders including the CEO CFO COO and CDO on governance strategy policy and reporting while managing relationships with Government sponsors and internal/external stakeholders. The officer also leads projects to improve governance processes maintain corporate documentation and support internal communications.

Core responsibilities

• Provide secretariat support for Executive or Board-level sub-committees to facilitate robust decision-making.
• Support senior executives (CEO CFO COO CDO) in producing strategy policy business cases and reports.
• Provide support to the management of UKAEAs relationship with Government sponsors on corporate sponsorship and appointment matters.
• UKAEAs relationship with Government sponsors on corporate sponsorship and appointment matters.
• Maintain and update corporate and governance documentation including Framework Documents Delegation Manual and Committee Terms of Reference.
• Lead discrete governance internal procedure and communications projects.
• Maintain and update Executive Office intranet pages producing content as required.
• Ensure governance processes and documentation align with UKAEAs strategic and operational objectives.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of 3 years experience in a comparable Governance Secretariat Support or Executive Assistant role.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance and experience supporting committees.
• Experience contributing to strategy policy business cases and reports for senior executives.
• Proven ability to manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks under pressure.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including drafting and editing formal documents.

Additional Information :

A full list of our benefits can be found here  highlights include: 

• 39610 base salary 
• Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution 
• 25 days annual leave plus 3 days Christmas closure 2.5 privilege day and 8 Bank holidays 
• Flexible and hybrid working options 

UKAEAs mission is clean energy for all and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality diversity and inclusion and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM including women and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds while ensuring all appointments are made on merit. Further information can be found here.  

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time