Executive Assistant to the Director of Regulation

Executive Assistant to the Director of Regulation

Location: London or Bristol (hybrid working)
Salary: £37,614 - £38,577 (+ £3,566 London weighting, if based in London)

Overview

Yolk Recruitment are recruiting for an exciting new role within the public sector for an Executive Assistant to the Director of Regulation where you can either be based in Bristol or London.

For this role, we are seeking someone who is proactive and highly organised to support the Director of Regulation. This is an excellent opportunity to work at the centre of a dynamic organisation delivering a strategy focused on quality, standards, and equality of opportunity in higher education.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for the Director, managing communications from internal and external stakeholders. Scheduling, and coordinating across a complex and varied portfolio
• Develop a detailed understanding of the Director's work and the wider directorate to manage correspondence, prioritise actions, identify risks, and support informed decision-making and prioritisation.
• Coordinate engagement and communications with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring meetings, events, and briefings run smoothly.
• Build and maintain productive relationships across the organisation to support the Director's strategic objectives. Working closely with other directors to ensure a collaborative approach on correspondence and wider communications,
• Provide high-quality executive support, including diary and email management, travel arrangements, briefing preparation, correspondence drafting, and minute taking.
• Maintain and improve administrative systems, including briefing packs and workflow processes, to ensure efficient operations.
• Work collaboratively with the Director's Strategic Advisor, the Regulation Directorate Strategy and Support Team, and central corporate functions such as HR and Communications.
• Offer peer leadership and guidance to other administrative colleagues to strengthen business support across the directorate.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience supporting a Director or senior leader in a similar executive or personal assistant capacity.
• Excellent judgement and the ability to manage sensitive information and competing priorities with tact and integrity.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
• Effective relationship builder with confidence in engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive in improving administrative systems and processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel, and OneNote.
• Committed to confidentiality and professionalism at all times.

Salary and Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous Civil Service pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing benefits
• Comprehensive learning and development opportunities
• Flexible and hybrid working options (typically 2 to 3 days per week in the office)
• An inclusive culture that values diversity and collaboration

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 18th November. Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 1st December

For further information about this opportunity, please contact Branwen Johns on 07458163873 and email a copy of your CV