Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 depending on experience
Hours: 35 hours per week

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance, statutory holidays and a holiday purchase scheme
• Company pension contribution and 4 x salary Life Assurance after qualifying period
• Development opportunities
• Wellbeing and Smart Health Employee Assistance Programme
• Up to 21 hours paid volunteering time per annum
• Hybrid working pattern: combination of office and working-from-home days per week
• Company socials and events
• Free onsite parking
• Free electric car charging point onsite

About us

Ecology Building Society is a successful and thriving member-owned mortgage and savings provider with a clear environmental focus and a mission to promote sustainable development. We are committed to building a greener society through the provision of a range of simple, ethical savings products to support mortgage lending for properties and projects that respect the environment.

We offer a wide range of specialist mortgage products and for the second time in three years have been recognised in the Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards, in the Best Self-build lender category. This award acknowledges Ecology’s role as a longstanding leading supporter of self and custom-build in the UK.

This is a superb opportunity to further your career with a leading mutual, ethical financial services organisation. We are looking for an efficient, professional and highly motivated EA with excellent organisational and personal skills.

What you will be doing

It's fair to say no two days will be the same in this role and you will bring energy and flexibility in:

• Providing EA professional services to the CEO and the Executive team.
• Proactive day-to-day management of the CEO’s diary. Ensuring they have all relevant meeting information needed be it virtual or face to face.
• Ensuring the CEO is informed, aware and prepared for upcoming commitments.
• Provide sophisticated calendar management including troubleshooting conflicts, making recommendations to ensure smooth running of day-to-day engagements.
• Composing and preparing communication via emails on behalf of the CEO and the Executive team.
• Be responsible for prioritising work and ensuring adherence to appropriate deadlines.
• Use personal judgement to deal with day-to-day correspondence.
• Make assessments of urgent or delicate matters and take appropriate action.
• Delegate actions to members of the Executive Team and colleagues as appropriate.
• Manage the meeting process: co-ordinating diaries; ensuring meetings are quorate; arranging venues and equipment; drawing together agendas and supporting documentation; and arranging catering when applicable.
• Assist with the preparation, editing/amending/updating of complex word documentation and PowerPoint presentations.
• Attending meetings: recording and producing formal minutes, producing and progressing actions, and deputising for the Governance Team where required.
• Administer travel arrangements as required for the CEO and the Executive Team, and wider team as appropriate.
• Processing monthly expenses for the CEO.

It's an exciting time to join Ecology in this newly created role supporting the recently appointed CEO and the wider Executive team.

We are currently operating in a hybrid working environment, meaning that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office on a varied basis depending upon the requirements of the role and the team.

About you

To be successful in this role you will:

• have experience of providing excellent administration support to director level.
• be organised, flexible, motivated and with meticulous attention to detail.
• be proficient in using all Microsoft Office packages with the ability to efficiently produce and present written information to a consistently high standard.
• have the ability to handle confidential material with discretion and diplomacy.
• want to make a difference - to your career, the role, the Society and its mission.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to [email protected] outlining your suitability for the role and your alignment with our mission. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a Basic DBS and credit check.

We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can thrive.

Contract length:  Permanent
Application deadline: 18 July 2022