Job description

4 months contract with a Local Authority

Job Summary:

• The Executive Support Officer (Sc6) will provide high-quality, modern and proactive administrative support to the Council’s Senior Leadership Team, with direct support to several Directors.

• The role involves forward-planning, managing complex information, ensuring follow-up of key actions and supporting the smooth day-to-day running of divisional activities.

• The post-holder will build strong working relationships across the organisation, contribute to culture-change initiatives, and provide cover for the Executive Support Manager when required.

Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):

• Provide efficient and well-organised administrative and organisational support to Directors within the Senior Leadership Team.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with senior officers and colleagues across the Council.

• Forward-plan Directors’ agendas, meetings and commitments, ensuring deadlines, actions and priorities are clearly managed.

• Synthesise and understand complex information relating to divisional business, presenting it in a clear and accessible way.

• Ensure key actions, decisions and project deliverables are monitored and followed up.

• Work collaboratively with teams in the Chief Executive’s division, including Internal Communications, Policy and Strategic Transformation.

• Support the Senior Leadership Team to model best practice and contribute to organisational culture change.

• Provide cover for the Executive Support Manager, including support to Executive Directors when required.

Skills/Experience:

• Strong administrative and organisational skills, with experience supporting senior leaders.

• Ability to analyse, synthesise and manage complex information.

• Excellent forward-planning and diary management capabilities.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all levels.

• Ability to work with discretion, confidentiality and professionalism.

• Experience working in a fast-paced public-sector or corporate environment (desirable).

• Proven ability to track actions, manage priorities and ensure follow-through.

• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.

• Confident working independently and collaboratively across multiple teams.

Additional Information:

• The closing date: 28/11/2025.

• Hours: 35 per week.

• Location: 1 Catford Road, Catford, London SE6 4RU.

Executive Support Officer

Job description

Karina Nazarenko