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Current opportunities:
Executive Assistant
9 month contract (full time) • £35,000 plus excellent benefits
Denmark Hill, London and home working
This is a crucial role for us and a big focus is logistical planning, so you’ll support the CEO and Director of Finance & Operations to prioritise, forward plan, manage diaries and prep for meetings.
We have new colleagues in both of these senior roles so you’ll have the rare opportunity of starting your journey at the same time as those you’ll be supporting, to establish how you’ll work together from the start.
For more information, read the full job advertisement here, or if you'd like to discuss the role before applying, please contact Sekai Lindsay at Harris Hill. You can also find out more at the Maudsley Charity website. |
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The Maudsley Charity is an equal opportunities employer, and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness.
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