Executive Assistant, Our Future Health
£50k
Health research programme
Posted today
Health research programme
201-500 employees
Posted today
£50k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.
Role
Who you are
- Experience supporting Directors or Executive-level leaders; experience supporting C-suite executives is highly desirable. Bonus points if you've worked in health research or a fast paced scale up
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools
- Experience organising large meetings, events and executive-level engagements
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including handling confidential information appropriately
- Outstanding organisational, planning and time-management capabilities
- Confidence in making decisions independently and knowing when to escalate issues
- Highly proactive and forward-thinking, anticipating needs before they arise
- Collaborative and approachable, building trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation
- Calm, resilient and adaptable when priorities change
- Detail-oriented, with a commitment to delivering high-quality work
What the job involves
- At Our Future Health, we're looking for an Executive Assistant to join our team and provide high-impact support to our Chief Scientific Officer and members of our Executive Leadership Team
- We're looking for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment, anticipates needs before they arise, and builds strong relationships across the organisation. You'll be a trusted partner to senior leaders, helping them stay focused on delivering our ambitious mission while ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of executive operations
- You'll manage complex diaries and inboxes, coordinate travel, prepare briefings and meeting materials, engage with senior stakeholders, and ensure important actions are followed through to completion
- Working as part of a small, supportive EA team, you'll play a key role in enabling our executives to operate effectively while contributing to the smooth running of the wider organisation
- Providing proactive diary and inbox management for Executive Leadership Team members, ensuring priorities are managed effectively
- Drafting and responding to correspondence on behalf of executives where appropriate
- Preparing meeting papers, briefings, speaking notes and follow-up documentation
- Tracking actions arising from key meetings and supporting timely delivery of next steps
- Coordinating complex travel arrangements and managing associated expenses
- Acting as a key point of contact for executives, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Supporting the planning and delivery of organisational events, leadership meetings and company-wide activities
- Working closely with the Governance team to support Board and committee activity as required
- Providing support to the wider Senior Leadership Team when needed
- Collaborating with the EA team to ensure seamless executive support across the organisation
- Supporting day-to-day office operations, including liaising with building management and suppliers
- Coordinating larger meetings and events, including venue management, logistics, catering and guest communications
- Handling sensitive organisational, governance, commercial and people-related information with absolute discretion and professionalism
Application process
- Closing date for applications: 9am, 17th June
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Millions of people spend too much of their life with poor health, with medical professionals only able to treat diseases when symptoms start to present. But what if later-life diseases could be prevented earlier through a better understanding of public health? Our Future Health is a ground-breaking new study, aiming to collect a blood sample and a short questionnaire from 5 million members of the British public.
One of the two major strands of genomic study in the UK (the other is the Newborn Genomes Program, which runs in parallel), Our Future Health is set to become the largest health research program in the world. With funding from the government and the private sector (with particular interest from pharmaceutical investors), it received £354 million in 2025 to power its research. Ultimately, this will cement Britain's reputation as a world leader in genomics, and is expected to lead to major advances in the fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other causes of poor health.
Aside from looking for volunteers for the study, Our Future Health is also seeking engineering talent to help build the infrastructure that will gather, analyse and protect the research data. It will be exciting to see how this charity develops and what discoveries emerge from its data in the future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
131% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
- We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
- Training support to help you achieve your potential.
- All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Raghib Ali
(CEO & Chief Investigator)Also a Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, and a Research Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.
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