Executive Assistant

Contract: 6 months
Location: York (5 days onsite) with occasional travel to London
Rate: 250 per day (Umbrella)
IR35: Inside IR35
Clearance: BPSS required
Interview: Microsoft Teams

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Executive Assistant to support a senior leadership function within a large, complex public-sector organisation. This is a highly visible role, suited to someone confident operating at director level and coordinating activity across multiple senior stakeholders.

You will play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of a high-performing regional leadership office, providing proactive executive support, coordination, and strategic organisation.

• Prepare high-quality briefing materials, presentations, and papers for senior leadership and board-level meetings

• Coordinate regional planning activities, including milestones, budgets, and resource requirements

• Support and manage specific projects across senior leadership teams

• Act as a central point of contact for business change, communications, and stakeholder engagement

• Lead and coordinate meetings, events, conferences, and senior-level visits

• Support business planning activities aligned to corporate objectives and review processes

• Coordinate national and regional presentations, briefings, and internal engagement events

• Promote best practice and collaboration across cross-functional teams

• Proven experience supporting senior leadership or executive-level stakeholders

• Highly organised, proactive, and self-motivated

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation preparation

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels

• Confident working in fast-paced, complex organisational environments

• Able to build and maintain strong internal and external networks

• Full-time onsite role based in York

• Occasional travel to London (travel expenses covered)

• Public-sector contract subject to BPSS clearance

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme applicable for qualifying candidates (if applicable)