Executive Assistant

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Full Time | Hybrid (3 days per week in our Chatham office)

A pivotal role supporting leadership at the highest level

We’re looking for an exceptional Executive Assistant to support our Chief Executive and Executive Director of Finance and Treasury

at mhs homes. This is a high-profile role at the heart of the organisation, providing strategic, proactive and confidential

support.

We’re seeking a professional, proactive, curious, empathetic and confident individual who thrives in a varied and busy role.

You’ll enjoy using and developing your administrative, organisational, writing and research skills and playing a key part in

ensuring the executive function is well-prepared, informed and aligned.

About the role

As Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive and ED of Finance and Treasury, you will play a visible and influential role across

the organisation, modelling our values and helping shape how leadership is experienced at mhs homes.

You will provide high-level, strategic and confidential support, acting as a first point of contact for the Chief Executive to

internal and external stakeholders and meeting their needs with a warm, friendly and professional approach. Drawing on your strong

experience, you will manage diaries, meetings and correspondence, including scheduling, minute taking, preparing high-quality

reports and presentations, and leading on fair, professional responses to customer complaints and sensitive correspondence.

Why join us?

At mhs homes, we’re more than a landlord. We’re a charitable housing association with over 10,000 homes, committed to creating

safe, thriving communities where people want to live. For more than 30 years, we’ve worked in partnership with our customers and

stakeholders to make a real difference.

This is an exciting time to join us, as our new Chief Executive leads the organisation into its next phase, with a strong focus on

delivering excellent services for our current and future customers. You’ll be supporting the Chief Executive and Executive Team at

a pivotal moment, helping to improve the lives of our customers and neighbourhoods.

What we offer

* A performance based annual bonus + pension contributions matched up to 6%

* 28 days holiday + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell holiday

* Training & Development and opportunities for continuing professional development including regular tool box talks

* A great team of colleagues to work with

* Regular social and charitable events and a range of wellbeing activities

* Enhanced family leave policies

* A really competitive package of flexible employee benefits including a cycle to work scheme

* Free parking and disabled parking

* Access to two holiday homes in Norfolk and Dorset

At mhs homes we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of

opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and

eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital

status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We’re a Disability Confident employer. This means if you tell us you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the

job, we’ll offer you an interview. We can be flexible when assessing people so everyone has the best opportunity to demonstrate

they can do the job.

Applying

For an informal conversation about this role, please contact via email at recruitment@mhs.org.uk.

Instructions for potential applicants

Please note we're using an anonymised recruitment process for this role. This means the

shortlisting panel will only see personal details if you're shortlisted for interview. Therefore, shortlisting will be done based

on your application. Please complete all sections fully and refer to the role profile when telling us about your skills and

experience.

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Disability Confident

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.