GOVERNANCE AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

UK Athletics (UKA) is seeking to appoint a Governance and Executive Assistant, the role will:

• Work closely with the CEO and Company Secretary to support all areas of the governance of UK Athletics, including the Board and its sub-committees, the Executive leadership team, the UKA Members and the Athletes Commission.
• Provide a professional and efficient administrative support to the Chair and CEO of UK Athletics (UKA) as well as the Executive Management Team.
• Provide secretarial support to UKA subgroups and committees, and the Athletics Unified working groups, ensuring that they are equipped to discharge their responsibilities with confidence and with timely information and support.

The ideal candidate will have gained the key below experience and skills:

Experience:

• Extensive experience of successfully working in an administrative role.
• Managed administration processes and enabled them to continually improve.
• Experience of working in a busy office environment, fulfilling a range of duties.
• Experience of working and managing multiple tasks and priorities at the same time, to ensure everything is achieved.

Specific Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Must offer exceptional customer service and communication skills including ability to remain polite and professional under pressure.
• Must have the ability to work without close supervision.
• Ability to manage own time effectively and prioritise workloads.
• Confidence to respond to queries, provide advice to staff and represent the organisation.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills required and attention to detail is essential.
• Outstanding IT skills and familiar with the latest systems.
• Advanced in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook and PowerPoint (utilising Think Cell etc.).
• Excellent shorthand and/or the ability at taking/producing meeting minutes.

For the full job description and details of how to apply for this exciting role, please visit http://careers.ukathletics.org.uk/. Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 12th February 2023.

As the nation’s favourite Olympic and Paralympic Sport. UK Athletics embraces equality, diversity and inclusion both on and off the field of play where everyone can participate, we encourage job applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of their race, sex, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability, age and other protected characteristics to reflect the diversity of our sport. Athletics is a Disability Confident Leader and will guarantee an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum job criteria.