Senior Executive Assistant

1 month ago


Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

The role

The School of Humanities is seeking to appoint an exceptional Senior Executive Assistant on a fixed term basis to cover maternity leave (approximately 12 months). 

This is an important executive role within the School, the main purpose of which is to provide high-level, professional and proactive executive assistance and personal support to the Head of School and School Manager in running the School. The Senior Executive Assistant will manage a small team comprising two Executive Assistants and an Admin Assistant who form the Executive Support Team.

What will you be doing?

The Senior Executive Assistant leads a team of colleagues to provide high-level executive support to the School of Humanities Senior management team, but also to other members of School.   

The role holder will organise their own day-to-day and will provide excellent customer service to colleagues. A typical day in this post finds the Senior Executive Assistant managing the team, providing personal assistant support to the Head of School inc. complex diary management, dealing with day-to-day queries from the team and staff within the school. 

We are looking for someone committed and reliable with a proactive attitude to work, who thrives on helping colleagues. 

You should apply if

You should apply if you are passionate about working in office management and administration in higher education and can work in a busy team environment.

You have excellent interpersonal skills and can build relationships with key stakeholders.

You are resilient and solutions focused with the ability to use your own initiative and judgement to complete tasks.

You are confident working independently and be able to deal with ambiguity, as well as working effectively with others in a busy team environment.

You possess strong organisation and prioritisation skills and have excellent attention to detail.

You are a strong team player, who likes problem solving.

You have excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

Additional information 

For informal enquiries please contact: Simon Edwards; Simon.Edwards@bristol.ac.uk 

Our strategy and mission

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values. 

The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. We want to attract, develop, and retain individuals with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives – particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution.

£32,982 to £37,099 per annum pro rata



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