Executive Assistant to CEO

1 week ago


Bolton, United Kingdom Ummah Welfare Trust Full time

**ROLE: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO CEO (EA)**

**BENEFITS**

**Salary**:Up to £40,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

**Hours of duty**:40 hours per week

**Responsible to**: Chief Executive Officer

**Location**:Bolton Head Office

**Annual leave**:28 days per year

**THE ORGANISATION**

Established in 2001, Ummah Welfare Trust is a UK-based international relief and development charity. Inspired by the Islamic teachings of empathy, generosity and selflessness, the trust aims to alleviate poverty and suffering across the world, and also ensuring that the rights of those who are neglected and oppressed are fulfilled by providing sustainable development solutions relating to shelter, education, health, and spiritual wellbeing.

Knowing that we are all ultimately accountable to the Almighty, the charity strives to maintain transparency and accountability, and as such the charity also has a full and transparent audit trail from the donor to the beneficiary.

**THE ROLE**

**OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide a full range of secretariat, administrative, management and governance support to the CEO, COO and Trustees,
- Be the point of contact for the CEO, COO and Trustees with staff and external contacts, ensuring strong working relationships and professionalism;
- The ability to ensure the smooth running of the organisation’s operations under the delegated authority of the CEO & COO;
- Discretion, excellent communication and great people skills are vital to the success of this role.

**Secretariat**
- Providing secretariat services to the Trustees, CEO & COO;
- Drafting and circulating agendas for Trustees, C -suite and SMT meetings;
- Manage pre and post-meeting planning, coordinating cross-organisational meetings and ensuring all relevant papers, briefings, presentations, and agendas for meetings;
- To attend meetings and take accurate minutes, note action points and follow-up within specified deadlines;
- Responsible for diary management, scheduling, correspondence and overseeing the preparation for meetings, travel logistics and general administration;
- Screen calls/incoming mail - be an effective gatekeeper; take messages efficiently and accurately;
- Assist the CEO, COO and Trustees on all internal/external meetings by preparing/researching organisation/individuals, briefing on “synergy” and possible new joint working opportunities;
- Other management and secretariat duties as deemed necessary by the CEO in the execution of this role.

**Senior Management and communication**
- Be the point of contact for the CEO, COO and Trustees by providing professional and timely responses to issues by drafting replies, redirecting, and actioning as appropriate to ensure strong working relationships within the organisation and with external partners and stakeholders;
- Prioritise inquiries and requests while troubleshooting potential conflicts with little guidance;
- Liaise with key partners on behalf of the Trustees, CEO and COO;
- Ensure that all information is circulated to staff, directors, trustees, volunteers and other UWT offices, as requested; and
- Maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times.

**Operations**
- Maintain oversight of the delivery of the charity’s operational activities;
- Support the CEO and COO to implement the charity’s strategic and business plan;
- Undertake projects as requested by the board of Trustees, CEO and the COO;
- Ensure the completion of complex projects by managing project deadlines, following up on outcomes, and where appropriate, completing actions;
- Review organisational management systems to ensure staff across the charity are supported to work effectively.

**Governance**
- Maintain and manage the schedule of all regulatory filings and communications, including with the charity commission and companies house and other regulatory bodies;
- Preparing corporate documents;
- Maintain a central register of all approved organisational policies and procedures, ensuring version control, and manage the rolling schedule of required updates and re-approvals.
- Maintain an electronic filing system, ensuring processes and software are up to date and in working order. to ensure confidential and sensitive files/information are appropriately filed and compliant with governance procedures as necessary.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Qualifications**
- Educated to degree level (Essential)

**Experience**
- Demonstrable experience of administrative support at executive level (Essential)
- Experience of managing meeting including formal minute taking (Essential)
- Experience of providing governance support (Essential)
- Experienced in working with people at all levels in an organisation (Essential)
- Experience of line management of staff (Desirable)
- Portfolio-programme-project management experience (Desirable)
- Experience of financial management (budgets, cashflows etc.) (Desirable)
- Experience of implementing strategic and operational plans, and of using strategic pl



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