Executive Assistant to Senior Pastor

Provide administrative and practical support to a senior member of the leadership team, including representing them in various settings, maintaining relationships with internal and external parties, and overseeing various meetings and activities.

Requirements

• Experienced administrative professional
• Excellent leadership and management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and self-motivated with the energy and persistence to see tasks through to successful completion
• Discreet, trustworthy and able to maintain confidentiality in handling sensitive matters
• Strong decision-making ability with the initiative to seek solutions and implement new ways of working
• Teachable and open to feedback
• Flexible attitude and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
• Excellent time management skills with ability to prioritise workload and balance a broad range of responsibilities
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining healthy boundaries
• Able to plan and organise projects and events and facilitate meetings
• Be able to handle your own and other people's emotions well
• Work well as part of a team with the ability to delegate and work through others
• A personal walk with Jesus underpinning a lifestyle of integrity
• A compassionate heart and 'can do' attitude
• Understand and model biblical values of leadership
• Manage a team, preferably within a church setting
• Working as part of a team
• Up to date understanding of adult safeguarding procedures and GDPR Requirements
• Some working knowledge of budgets and budgetary control
• Pioneering projects and initiatives involving substantial resources and large numbers of people
• Galvanizing people around new projects and ideas

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave pro rata including statutory bank holidays
• Additional gifted leave over Christmas period
• Annual staff day and team events
• Enhanced sick pay, pension contributions and family leave pay
• Group Life and Income Protection cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Coffee Shop discount card
• Free annual eye tests
• Access to Employee Assist Program
• Long Service Award (when qualifying period is reached)