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Lord’s Taverners
The Lord’s Taverners exists to positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality. Through inclusive and transformative cricket programmes, we empower young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities across the UK and beyond.
We are now seeking a senior professional, with significant knowledge and expertise as an Executive Assistant / Virtual Assistant to join our organisation. Reporting to the CEO, you will play a crucial key role supporting the chair of the board and their fellow trustees, as well as the CEO and the senior and middle leadership teams with a range of professional support functions that includes communications, diary management as well as meeting organisation, administration and management. You will be expected to lead wihout close supervision whilst you undertake key roles that will ensure the leadership and governance of the charity functions highly. You will need to be a confident at complex management in a fast paced environment, a proactive and very highly organised member of the team, capable of managing your own working pattern, stewarding and organising multiple stakeholders and are able to work very flexibility with wide ranging and varied work pattern.
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 FTE (pro‑rata £22,800 – £25,200 for 21 hours per week)
Contract: 21hrs per week Part Time, Permanent, 3 days per week.
The Role
This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of Lord’s Taverners, providing essential support to the CEO, Trustee Board, and Leadership Teams. You will coordinate Board, Committee and leadership meetings, prepare agendas and papers, manage actions and governance records, and ensure the smooth running of key governance processes.
You will also provide high-level executive support to the CEO, managing diaries, travel, correspondence and briefing materials, while acting as a trusted point of contact for Trustees, senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Alongside this, you will help coordinate our head office operations and support strategic projects, contributing to an efficient, well-connected and high-performing organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for an organised and proactive Executive Assistant who enjoys working with senior stakeholders, thrives on variety, and wants to make a meaningful impact within a purpose-driven charity.
About You
You will be an organised, proactive and highly professional individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with senior stakeholders. You will have exceptional attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining the highest levels of discretion and confidentiality.
You will bring:
- Experience providing executive or senior administrative support within a complex organisational environment.
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing demands.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage with senior stakeholders and produce high-quality correspondence and meeting documentation.
- Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism, discretion and integrity.
- Strong Microsoft 365 skills, including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word and PowerPoint.
- The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and build effective working relationships across the organisation.
- A collaborative, flexible and proactive approach to work.
- A commitment to the values of Lord's Taverners and a belief in the power of sport to positively impact the lives of young people.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the centre of a charity that is transforming the lives of young people through inclusive sport, while providing critical support to the organisation's leadership and helping to ensure the effective delivery of its strategic priorities.
At Lord’s Taverners, sport is a means to an end. We are looking for people who share our belief in sport’s power to change lives, and who are motivated by impact, inclusion and opportunity for young people.
Above all, you will be motivated by our mission and aligned with our values: We Include, We Inspire, We Empower.
Safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This role requires an enhanced DBS check and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with statutory guidance, applicants do not need to disclose youth cautions or any protected convictions or cautions.
As part of our safer recruitment practices, an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Five additional days between Christmas and New Year
- 6% pension contribution
- Group income protection
- Critical illness cover
- Life assurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Two volunteering days
- Birthday day off
- Season ticket loan
- Flexible working
- Wellbeing plan
Key Dates
Applications open: 24 August 2026, 8:00am
Application deadline: 6 September 2026, 11:59pm
Please note we may close the vacancy early if we receive exceptional applications. Should this occur, all applicants will be notified.
Interviews scheduled:
First stage interviews: 9 and 10 September 2026
Second stage interviews: 14 September 2026
Third stage interviews: 17 September 2026 (TBC)
Interview Process
First Stage (Online)
The first stage will be a 45-minute online MS Teams interview. During this stage, we will ask a range of competency-based questions to explore your experience, skills, suitability for the role, and how your values, attitude, and approach align with our culture and ways of working.
Second Stage (In Person)
The second stage will be a 60-minute, in-person assessment and interview at our London office. During this stage, you will complete a practical activity and discuss your approach, thinking, and decisions with the interview panel. This assessment is designed to explore your prioritisation and judgement, organisation and planning skills, and written communication. We will also ask questions to understand how you approach challenges, make decisions, and work collaboratively with others.
Third Stage (Online)
The third stage will be a 45-minute online conversation with members of our Trustee Board.
This stage is less formal and provides an opportunity for us to get to know each other better. We will explore your motivations, values, and working style, as well as what you are looking for in your next role. It is also a chance for you to learn more about our organisation, our Trustees, and the culture and values that guide our work.
The conversation is designed to help us understand how we would work together and ensure there is a strong mutual fit for both you and the organisation.
Accessibility
We want every candidate to feel comfortable and able to perform at their best. If you require any adjustments or support to take part in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.
Important part of the process.
As part of your application, please submit:
Your CV, and
A written response to the following question:
“Please describe a time when you were responsible for coordinating a complex activity involving multiple people, priorities, and deadlines.
Tell us how you planned and organised the work, communicated with stakeholders, monitored progress, overcame any challenges, and ensured a successful outcome. We are particularly interested in examples that demonstrate strong organisation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.”
We will not accept applications that do not complete this task.
Please upload your written response where the application form asks for a cover note.
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Deliver high quality cricket programmes that will empower young people facing inequality to make positive choices, improve their health and wellbeing
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Governance Manager
Permanent Opportunity
35 hours per week, how, flexible Working Patterns can be considered
Location: Craven Street, London with hybrid working
Salary: £43,813 per annum (based on 35 hour week) plus competitive benefits
The College of Optometrists is the professional body for optometry. It qualifies the profession and delivers the guidance and development to ensure optometrists provide the best possible care. We promote excellence through the College’s affixes, by building the evidence base for optometry, and raising awareness of the profession with the public, commissioners, and healthcare professionals.
We are looking for a Governance Manager to join our Chief Executive’s team. This is a high profile management role which will lead and develop the governance and stakeholder management of the College and provide the support and insights to enable the Chief Executive to lead the College with maximum impact, effectiveness and efficiency.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the key purpose of the role will be to:
• Ensure the College’s governance arrangements support effective decision making, accountability and regulatory compliance.
• Provide strategic governance support to enable the Chief Executive to lead the College with maximum impact, effectiveness and efficiency.
• Ensure the effective governance and efficient operation of the College’s Council, Board and Committees, in line with its Royal Charter, charity law, regulatory requirements and good governance principles.
• Establish and maintain effective business systems and procedures within the Chief Executive’s Department including supporting the development, monitoring and reporting of the College’s business plan and strategic plan.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with those within the College’s governance structure to support delivery of its strategic objectives.
The main responsibilities for the role holder will be to:
• Ensure the College’s governance arrangements operate effectively and in accordance with its Royal Charter, regulatory requirements and recognised good governance principles.
• Develop, maintain and report on the Governance workstream key performance indicators and wider College KPI framework.
• Deveolop and maintain the College’s strategic plan reporting framework.
• Oversee the preparation and distribution of agendas and papers for Board and Council undertaken by the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive
• Manage the governance arrangements of the Annual Gneeral Meeting and election and appointment of Council members, Officers, Trustees, Committee Chairs and the early Career Representative on Council.
• Support and develop Council in their role as regional representatives and advocates for the College.
• Lead the co-ordination of the College’s stakeholder engagement, ensuring a consistent, responsive and professional experience across the College.
• Develop and manage the ongoing delivery of an effective cross-College stakeholder management process.
• Line manage and develop the Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive.
• Manage the annual budget for the College’s governance activities.
To be considered for this vacancy, candidates will need to demonstrate:
• Excellent interpersonal skills including experience of working with senior level management
• Experience of managing election processes and governance procedures within a membership organisation
• Experience of managing organisation-wide projects.
• Experience of developing KPIs and operating procedures.
• Experience of stakeholder management.
• Good level of knowledge of relevant charity governance legislation
• Excellent time management and planning skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience of report writing, minute taking and processing numerical data
• Excellent MS Office; Teams, Word, Outlook, Excel and Powerpoint skills.
In addition you will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:
• Pro-activity
• Influencing & persuading
• Customer service
• Confidentiality and integrity
• Attention to detail
• Reliablility
• Planning and organising – managing multiple projects and tasks.
A copy of the full job description summarising the key activities and full list of essential requirements can be downloaded from the website.
In return, we offer a variety of benefits including a generous pension plan (10% employer contribution), life assurance and a health care cash plan. The College has a TOIL policy and provides time off for events taking place during the evening and weekends. There is also potential to progress to a range maximum of £53,038 under our performance based/market driven incremental scheme.
If you would like to apply for this role, please submit an up to date CV along with a brief covering letter that sets out the skills and experience you consider would make you suitable for this position, no later than 27 August 2026.
First Interview will take place on 04 Septemebr 2026 at our offices in Craven St.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview, which will include:
• A 10-minute presentation (details will be provided in advance).
• A competency-based interview
Equality and inclusion
The College is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and to avoiding unlawful discrimination. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, valuing the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation. In support of this we follow a fair recruitment process in which shortlisting and other recruitment decisions are made on the basis of skills, competencies and experience demonstrated in the application and interview process.
If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made to support your application due to a disability or other condition, please let us know.
Additional Information
• Typical working hours at the College are 9 am to 5 pm (7 hours, excluding lunch) working five days a week. We operate a flexible working window from 8 am to 6 pm where you can vary your start and end time (working a 7-hour day). This role is flexible and can be worked over a variety of working patterns.
• The post holder may on occasion be required to work late and should therefore have some flexibility with regard to working hours. There will be occasional overnight stays for some meetings and events in London and across the UK.
• We also offer hybrid working (a mixture of home and office working). Typically, College staff will work around 20%- 40% of their time at the workplace (whether this is the office at Craven St, or a face-to-face meeting, exam or event at another business-related site or organisation) per week.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.