Executive Assistant

Help our senior leaders make the best use of their time and focus on what matters most.

As Executive Assistant, you will provide high-quality, proactive support to members of Dementia UK’s Executive Team, helping them manage busy schedules, competing priorities and the day-to-day demands of leading a growing national charity.

You will take ownership of complex diary management, coordinate meetings and travel, prepare papers and correspondence, and keep track of actions and deadlines. You will anticipate what is needed, use your judgement to resolve issues and help ensure priorities stay on track.

You will bring significant experience of providing executive support to senior leaders in a busy environment. Highly organised and confident managing multiple priorities, you will be comfortable working at pace while maintaining excellent attention to detail and handling sensitive information with discretion.

Strong IT proficiency is key, and you will be confident using Microsoft Office and digital systems to organise information, communicate effectively and support efficient ways of working.

Strong communication and relationship-building skills will be essential. You will work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across Dementia UK, as well as Trustees, partners and other external stakeholders. As an important point of contact, you will represent Dementia UK professionally and in a way that reflects our values.

You will also be a collaborative team member, working alongside the Governance Team to provide a flexible and responsive service. Proactive and adaptable, you will be confident using your initiative, anticipating challenges and responding calmly when priorities change.

This is a hybrid role. You will be expected to work from our office one day each week and will need to be flexible to attend on additional or alternative days when required for Board, Committee, Executive or senior leadership meetings.

If you are an experienced Executive Assistant who enjoys building trusted relationships, bringing organisation to a busy environment and helping senior leaders work effectively, we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to find out more about the role, or have any queries, please get in touch with [email protected]

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 per annum

Contract : permanent, full-time

Location: hybrid - a minimum of one day per week in our Aldgate, London office per week

Closing date: Wednesday 21st October at 11.59pm

Annual leave : 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva)
• life assurance cover at 3 x annual salary
• health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to a wellbeing app
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development opportunities including bespoke training and access to LinkedIn Learning)
• commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We have a Menopause Friendly accreditation and are a Disability Confident employer

Our culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to support them in achieving their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute to and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our supportive and nurturing workplace culture has recently earnt us recognition as the Sunday Times Best Place to Work in the non-profit and charities sector 2025 (big organisation).

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone. We aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to feel comfortable being themselves at work.

Dementia UK is a Disability Confident employer. If you would like support to make an application, contact [email protected] .

By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

When you apply for a job at Dementia UK, we will collect certain information about you to process your application and assess your suitability for the role. Further details can be found in our privacy notice.