Assistant to Global Directors

5 months ago


Godalming, United Kingdom Compassion in World Farming Full time

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**Assistant to Global Directors**

**Job Type**:Part-time up to 22.5 hours per week, working hours are flexible, and these can be worked either across the week (5 or 4 days) or as 3 full days.

**Location**: Godalming, UK (hybrid working pattern - 2/3 days in the office)

**Salary**:£28,000 - £30,000 per annum FTE (Full-time equivalent) dependant on skills and experience.

**Are you an experienced administrator, who excels in providing high-level support at Director level, managing complex schedules, and coordinating impactful events? **If so, we want to hear from you

**About us**

Compassion in World Farming is the leading campaigning organisation for global farm animal welfare. We campaign to end factory farming worldwide, and are a growing a movement of people who work with us to influence a fair transition towards a more regenerative, climate and nature-friend agricultural future. Our hard hitting campaigns aim to influence governments, and economic stakeholders to make changes to the business as usual approach to how we produce and consume our food, whilst reducing animals in the system, and influencing food producers and retailers to reach the highest standards of animal welfare for farmed animals.

**About the role**

We are recruiting for two experienced and proactive, Administrative Assistants As part of these exciting roles, you will support the respective Global Directors, by enabling them to operate at their highest level towards achieving our strategic objectives. This role involves comprehensive administrative support, effective time management, and coordination of various activities and events. As an Assistant to Global Directors, some of the key duties and responsibilities of the position, will be to organise and manage diaries, arrange travel, meetings, and events, ensuring all necessary arrangements are in place. You will need to produce clear and comprehensive schedule notes, contact details, and directions, while assisting in scheduling and coordinating meetings, steering groups, and other internal and external engagements. Additionally, you will be responsible for managing expenses, supporting project administration, and maintaining databases (Salesforce). You will play a crucial part in ensuring effective communication and logístical coordination across internal and external stakeholders, contributing to the organisation's mission of advocating for global farm animal welfare and ending factory farming worldwide

**About the hours**

Part-time up to 22.5 hours per week, working hours are flexible, and these can be worked either across the week (5 or 4 days), or as 3 full days.Please note, that although part-time positions, there will be occasions when full-day or multi-day in-person support will be required, both at HQ and offsite for events and meetings.

**About you**

To succeed as an Assistant to our Global Directors, you will need to demonstrate strong administrative organisational skills, and be able to efficiently managing complex schedules, while meticulously coordinating travel logistics, researching travel, and orchestrating meetings and events, with excellent attention to detail. Your effective communication abilities, both verbal and written, will play a critical role in handling correspondence, managing expenses, and preparing comprehensive reports and project support. You will need to have a proactive, methodical, approach to supporting project administration, be able to prioritise and maintain accurate databases, with the ability to work with flexibility, proactivity, with mínimal supervision. You’ll have a collaborative spirit, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse teams, while anticipating the needs of Directors and stakeholders.

**Applications**

Interviews: TBC

Join our team and make a lasting impact, while being part of a workplace that values and supports you every step of the way:

- Compassion in World Farming is located in bright, modern offices; just 2 minutes’ walk from Godalming mainline station (45 minutes from London Waterloo).
- Enjoy an enhanced annual leave of 25 days per year, along with bank holidays.
- Our comprehensive benefits package includes core offerings like Health Cash Back Plan
- MHFA support - 24/7 PG access and Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite parking at HQ
- Optional savings schemes like the Cycle Benefit Scheme.
- Embrace a fulfilling career that prioritises your well-being, while also enjoying Excellent Development opportunities
- Hybrid working model (dependant on role and location)
- A defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Enhanced discretionary company sick pay
- Premium Subscription to Calm App



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