Senior Executive Assistant
Applications for this vacancy closed on 6 May 2025 at 12:00PM
**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for hybrid working ( _typically_ 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the role**
We’re excited to be looking for a Senior Executive Assistant to our Chief
Operating Officer (COO) and to the Vice-Dean.
This is a critical role for the Blavatnik School, sitting at the heart of the
School – in the Executive Office – with responsibility for all support to the
COO and the Vice-Dean, and for the operations of the School’s governance
function. This post comes at an exciting time for School: we are embarking on
our second decade with a fantastic community of staff, alumni, and supporters.
We are seeking someone with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
In your work with the COO and Vice Dean, you will be responsible for managing
two busy diaries (and the COO’s inbox) and taking forward a wide range of
issues on their behaves. You will be someone with a zest for communicating
with people from all walks of life, who will inject equal amounts of
enthusiasm and diplomacy into each of their interactions – be they with
students, administrative colleagues, or senior academics and practitioners
from top institutions across the world. In your work on School governance, you
will have operational responsibility for the smooth-running of the School’s
governance function – to include scheduling the annual governance meeting
cycle, writing and collating agendas and discussion papers, and tracking
actions and decisions.
**About you**
The ideal candidate will have excellent all-round administrative skills and
strong track-record of providing outstanding executive support. You will be a
senior member of the Executive Office, line managing two to three staff
(Executive Assistants) and working with the Head of the Dean’s Office to
promote a high-performing team culture in which the people you manage can
flourish. You will work quickly yet meticulously, taking a flexible and
pragmatic approach to shifting priorities; and you will have impeccable
judgement – be it on a confidential project on which the COO is working, an
urgent meeting request, a difficult staffing matter, or an innovative
interpretation of a policy.
If you believe that you have the energy and experience to make a positive
impact on our Executive Office – we would love to hear from you.
**Application process**
Please upload a supporting statement that outlines how you meet the selection
criteria **in your own words** , along with your CV and the details of two
referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is at **12 noon** (UK time) on **Tuesday 6
May 2025.**
Interviews will take place during week commencing **12 May** with second round
interviews taking place during week commencing **19 May** and will be face to
face at the School.
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for hybrid working ( _typically_ 60% of working hours on-site and 40% remotely)
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the role**
We’re excited to be looking for a Senior Executive Assistant to our Chief
Operating Officer (COO) and to the Vice-Dean.
This is a critical role for the Blavatnik School, sitting at the heart of the
School – in the Executive Office – with responsibility for all support to the
COO and the Vice-Dean, and for the operations of the School’s governance
function. This post comes at an exciting time for School: we are embarking on
our second decade with a fantastic community of staff, alumni, and supporters.
We are seeking someone with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
In your work with the COO and Vice Dean, you will be responsible for managing
two busy diaries (and the COO’s inbox) and taking forward a wide range of
issues on their behaves. You will be someone with a zest for communicating
with people from all walks of life, who will inject equal amounts of
enthusiasm and diplomacy into each of their interactions – be they with
students, administrative colleagues, or senior academics and practitioners
from top institutions across the world. In your work on School governance, you
will have operational responsibility for the smooth-running of the School’s
governance function – to include scheduling the annual governance meeting
cycle, writing and collating agendas and discussion papers, and tracking
actions and decisions.
**About you**
The ideal candidate will have excellent all-round administrative skills and
strong track-record of providing outstanding executive support. You will be a
senior member of the Executive Office, line managing two to three staff
(Executive Assistants) and working with the Head of the Dean’s Office to
promote a high-performing team culture in which the people you manage can
flourish. You will work quickly yet meticulously, taking a flexible and
pragmatic approach to shifting priorities; and you will have impeccable
judgement – be it on a confidential project on which the COO is working, an
urgent meeting request, a difficult staffing matter, or an innovative
interpretation of a policy.
If you believe that you have the energy and experience to make a positive
impact on our Executive Office – we would love to hear from you.
**Application process**
Please upload a supporting statement that outlines how you meet the selection
criteria **in your own words** , along with your CV and the details of two
referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is at **12 noon** (UK time) on **Tuesday 6
May 2025.**
Interviews will take place during week commencing **12 May** with second round
interviews taking place during week commencing **19 May** and will be face to
face at the School.
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**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: **teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**. **What we offer** The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well- known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social ... About the Blavatnik School of Government Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners. What we offer The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. ... |
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