Executive Assistant

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 354718**Salary**:

- £28,392- Plus £1750 Location Allowance- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- B3**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Hanslope, South East England, MK19 7BHAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Based Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes with the flexibility of hybrid working depending on business need
Free shuttle bus available between central Milton Keynes and Hanslope Park

Every day, FCDO Services works to help protect people, information and assets all over the world. Supporting government-level customers, we offer a diverse range of services from secure logistics to construction to expertise in cyber security, and more. So whether it’s making a delivery of secure technology across continents, repairing embassies hit by flooding, or helping a government install new secure communications, we’re constantly at work to help protect the UK’s interests both at home and overseas.

It goes without saying, therefore, that life supporting our directors is both fast-paced and full of opportunities to make an impact. That kind of diary management needs someone with an impeccable eye for detail and someone who’s an exceptional communicator.

Adapt to change - and change your outlook

Our work is tied to international affairs, and that means being ready for change, with the calm flexibility to reprioritise and rearrange at any time. Considering the vast range of vital services and projects we’re involved in worldwide, our director’s diary is always a live document; one that’s continually changing and needs constant management. Naturally, that makes the role challenging, but if you’ve got the exceptional organisation skills, the experience of electronic diary management, and the drive to stay on your toes, it’s hugely rewarding.

Communicate clearly with customers at the very highest levels

**Job description**:
As one of our Executive Assistant’s, you’re in an incredibly visible position: you’ll be a direct point of contact for everyone from the most senior colleagues to external stakeholders across government. With that in mind, you’ve got to be a born communicator. Whether it’s conversation or correspondence, you’re clear, accurate and persuasive in everything you do. You collaborate well with both colleagues and customers and at the same time, you’re brilliant at taking information on board too. You listen to complex data and conversations, treat it all with confidentiality, and create accurate briefings, minutes and reports from what you learn.

Provide team support and find support to take your career higher

You’ll be there to provide invaluable support and to help us keep everything running smoothly. But we’ll be there to support you too, making sure you’re able to progress your career and realise your ambitions. You’ll also enjoy great benefits here, including flexible working, an on-site nursery, a Civil Service pension, and more. And finally, most importantly, there’s that sense of purpose you’ll feel every day - because you’ll be using your skills to support a business that helps protect people, information and assets across the globe.

Hanslope Park based posts attract a Location Allowance of £1,750 per annum.

FCDO Services are regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

**Person specification**:

- Essential:
- Experience in an EA, administrative role or similar supporting a senior principal
- Strong communication skills - written and verbal.
- Highly organised, with excellent time management, attention to detail and ability to apply

project management principals- Good judgement, tact and diplomatic skills - ability to deliver difficult messages and maintain

the confidence of colleagues at all levels, handling sensitive information with discretion and
- confidentiality- Ability to stay calm under pressure, and flex priorities and prioritise work effectively to meet

tight deadlines under mínimal supervision- Understanding of and ability to provide high levels of customer service to internal and external

stakeholders- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and Excel

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £28,392, FCDO Services contributes £1,051 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:

- Interviews will be conducted using a mixture of Behaviours and Job Specific questions and a Job specific exercise.