Personal Assistant to Head of Department, Financial Conduct Authority
£28.8-47.3k
Salary is dependent on location
2 days a week in office
Financial regulation service
Be an early applicant
Financial regulation service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£28.8-47.3k
Salary is dependent on location
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable a fair and thriving financial services market for the good of consumers and the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in delivering high-quality administrative support at HoD/Director level, including mailbox and diary management
- Prior experience in a role which has required strong written and verbal communication skills, to cultivate and manage stakeholder relationships across all levels
- Proven experience in handling highly confidential and sensitive staff information with discretion, professionalism and integrity to maintain security, trust and confidentiality of information
- Capability to maintain composure, resilience and approachability in high pressure situations, with the ability to prioritise and provide support to your team and setting positive example for colleagues across the Division
- Proven organisational, prioritisation and planning skills
- A proactive approach to supporting a senior leader, demonstrating the ability to foresee potential challenges and efficiently implement solutions
- A solid grasp of how large organisations or a strong ability and eagerness to learn quickly to support the development of others
- Proven ability to work effectively within a team environment, contributing to shared objectives to achieve common goals
- Experience of working with Microsoft Office applications
What the job involves
- Supporting two HoDs splitting your time on a 50/50 basis
- Acting as the first point of contact for internal queries for each HoD, while building strong working relationships with colleagues across all levels of the FCA
- Providing central support to two departments by managing and resolving ad hoc issues and queries on behalf of the HoD’s
- Efficiently managing the HoD’s diaries with flexibility to accommodate short-notice changes, planning and helping the HoDs to use their time effectively
- Organising daily packs for meetings and ensuring HoDs have papers in advance to allow for review and consideration
- Organising the smooth running of departmental meetings, booking rooms, preparing agendas, coordinating briefings, managing meetings documents and pending actions, and headcount
- Involvement in a high-profile area of the business, looking at topical issues while ensuring that your office and Departments comply with local and FCA wide processes and procedures
- The opportunity to get involved in cross-Directorate activities that make a wider contribution
Application process
- Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted
- Job advert close: Tuesday 20th January at 23:59pm
- CV Review/Shortlist: Thursday 22nd January
- Interview: w/c 26th January
- Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time
Our take
Developed on the back of the Financial Services Act of 2012, the Financial Conduct Authority is a regulatory body that acts as a regulator for financial firms, ensuring the integrity of the financial markets in the UK. Broadly focused on financial companies that provide consumer services, it’s governed by the Bank of England and therefore acts independently of the government.
The FCA is responsible for regulatory innovations, such as stronger customer authentication requirements, including biometric and code requirements for payments, that have clamped down on fraud and improved security for national consumers. The FCA also introduced the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision in 2017.
The organisation’s independence from government ensures its impartiality as a regulator. In the late 2010s, it set up the cryptoasset registration, a department responsible for ensuring the legality of crypto payments. This has become an important aspect of national counter terrorism measures, and exemplifies the complex and vital work that the organisation carries out.
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Company benefits
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
Company HQ
Stratford Cross, London, UK
Leadership
Nikhil Rathi
(CEO)Previously the Private Secretary to UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was the Chief of Staff and Director of International Development at the London Stock Exchange. Studied at St Anne's College Oxford.
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