Executive Assistant to the Bursar

The role

This role provides a fantastic opportunity for a highly organised and reliable Executive Assistant to support the Bursar & Chief Operating Officer and her direct reports who form part of the Administrative and Support Senior Leadership team at the heart of a leading academic independent school, comprising Westminster School and Westminster Under School, in the centre of London.

A passionate, purposeful and progressive place to study next to Westminster Abbey and also on our site at Vincent Square, our pupils discover a deep love for learning and respect for the tradition of scholarship, as well as an openness to fresh ideas and innovative ways of thinking. Westminster pupils go on to achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to a vast array of the world’s most celebrated universities.

This Executive Assistant role is integral to the successful running of the Bursary & Chief Operating Office and the complex portfolio of the Bursar & Chief Operating Officer, which encompasses oversight of financial, administrative and support activities and the buildings across the two schools, and also includes a new commercial business and fundraising arm. It therefore requires an experienced and professional team player to provide an outstanding level of administrative support. Joining a hardworking and tight-knit team in their recently renovated offices in the heart of Westminster, this Executive Assistant role will require a high level of intuition, proactiveness and strong communication. 

As the Executive Assistant to the Bursar & Chief Operating Officer and her leadership team, this role will involve diary management, arranging meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes, supporting the administration of the bursary programme and the major strategic co-education project, liaising with other Senior Leadership members, as well as members of the Governing Body, arranging travel, drafting correspondence and more. This role requires an Executive Assistant who has a confident yet calm approach to a very busy environment, who is able to demonstrate excellent standards of professionalism and relationship management.

This role will suit an Executive Assistant who has prior experience supporting at senior leadership level either in education, a large charity or a corporate setting and has excellent interpersonal skills, good energy and a can-do attitude. It also provides an excellent opportunity to develop your project management skills.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with an hour unpaid lunchbreak. This is an onsite role, with some flexibility to work from home for some of the time during the school holiday period. 

Fantastic benefits include 25 days holiday, plus extra days for Christmas closure, school lunches when on site, a generous pension, membership of private health scheme (opt-in), use of onsite gym, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and tickets for school concerts, performances, and other activities. It also offers fee remission for pupils who are awarded a place at the schools through the admission process.

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The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 18th October 2024. 

Interviews will take place on Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th October 2024.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.

The School is a Registered Charity (no 312728).