Executive Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Executive Assistant to join the Executive Office team at Oxford Health NHS Trust, supporting designated Executive and Non-Executive Directors. The postholder will manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings, handle correspondence, and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders. It requires discretion, sound judgment, and excellent time-management skills in a fast-paced corporate environment. The role involves providing comprehensive secretarial and administrative support.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working as an EA working to senior leaders
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in healthcare corporate environments
- Demonstrable experience of effective time management and working to deadlines
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills
- Training
- Training like project management or the equivalent
- Knowledge of healthcare organisations
- Demonstrable experience of working as an EA working to senior leaders
- Demonstrable experience of working in healthcare corporate environments
- Demonstrable experience of effective time management and working to deadlines
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills
- Training
- Training like project management or the equivalent
- Knowledge of healthcare organisations
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford Health NHS Trust
Executive Assistant
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
The Trust is recruiting for an experienced Executive Assistant to join its Executive Office team to support the work of the Trust's directors. The postholder will be experienced in supporting senior leaders in corporate settings and will be comfortable and confident working in complex and fast-paced environments with a need for discretion and tact and excellent time-management and relationship building skills.
The post holder will be required to undertake any other duties according to the needs of the service. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of activities, but rather an outline of the main areas of responsibility. Any reasonable changes will be discussed and agreed with the post holder before any variations to the job description are made.
Main duties of the job
- Provide high-level, confidential executive support to designated Executive and Non-Executive Directors, acting with discretion, sound judgement and professionalism at all times.
- Act as the primary point of contact for the Executive and Non-Executive Directors, managing correspondence, enquiries and stakeholder communications, ensuring timely responses and appropriate escalation of sensitive or complex matters.
- Proactively manage complex diaries, schedules and competing pri
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