Executive Assistant - To the Chief Executive
Elizabeth Finn Homes
Annual Salary: £40K+ benefits
6 months Fixed term with an opportunity to apply for permanent role, Full-time - 35 hours per week.
Home based, fairly regular travel required to our care homes for meetings and events
Our Vision at Elizabeth Finn Homes is to be the UK’s most loved care homes, filling later life with joy, community and kindness. Our Purpose is to create loving homes where people in later life and those who care for them can flourish, working together for a fairer society. We are working toward our ambitious strategy that sets out our plan to work more closely with our charity ownerTurn2us and become a highly profitable values-led care home business with social purpose at its heart.
About the Role
The Executive Assistant to the CEO provides administrative support to the Chief Executive, Board and wider leadership team. The role works closely with the Executive Leadership Team, Senior Management Team and wider Central Support Team. In addition, this role spends time on internal communications and provides capacity to the marketing team as required.
As an Executive Assistant joining our diverse team who are proud of the difference we make to our residents you will:
- Provide executive admin support to the CEO, including diary management, meetings, travel and occasional support to Directors.
- Manage communication flow for the CEO, including reports, presentations, internal updates, social media posts and personalised messages to staff, families and residents.
- Coordinate executive and Board meetings, preparing materials, taking minutes and tracking actions.
- Handle confidential information and documents with professionalism and discretion.
- Support CEO-led projects, company events (summer/Christmas celebrations, Golden Heart Awards) and provide additional help to the marketing team.
- Oversee office and central supplies, tech equipment and general workplace organisation, ensuring a safe and compliant environment.
Required Skills and Experience
- Proven experience in administration or diary management
- Exceptional organisational and time management skills
- Strong and warm written and verbal communication skills
- High level of proficiency in IT (Microsoft Office suite, databases, customer relationship management systems, web systems, design software, social media platforms, etc
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Flexibility and adaptability to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
- Experience of organisation of meetings, travel arranging, diary management and email management
- Ability to take concise, accurate and efficiently produced minutes of meetings
This role will require regular travel to the homes which are in rural locations. A full, clean UK driving licence and access to a car is therefore desirable.
For more information on working in our team please contact us on [email protected]
To Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and a cover letter that demonstrates their suitability for the role.
The deadline for applications is by 5pm on 16th July 2026.
The first stage of the process will be an interview via Teams and held in the week commencing 20th July 2026.
The second stage of the process will be held in person at Eversfield Care Home in Reigate on the 28th July 2026
In return for the wonderful contribution our employees make we offer the following benefits:
- Fully paid induction programme
- Enhanced pay for family leave
- Flexible hours
- 31 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Group pension plan with option to join the more generous scheme with a 9% employer contribution on a salary sacrifice basis
- Opportunity to join company healthcare and cash plan schemes
- Occupational sick pay after probation
- Wellbeing support through various initiatives including an employee assistance programme with free counselling and Mental Health First Aiders.
- Free Blue Light card – provides members with thousands of amazing retail discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Long service awards
- Apprenticeships, continuous learning and development, professional development and study support opportunities
- Free DBS (if required) unless leaving during probation
Safeguarding:
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Elizabeth Finn Homes implement a range of procedures and actions including Police/Enhanced DBS Checks to ensure our employees, residents and everyone is safeguarded, and abuse is prevented. This is in line with our company values, which are Bring Love, Inspire More, Act with Purpose and Welcome All.
Criminal record checks:
As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.
Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
Elizabeth Finn strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other’s differences.
Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts, nurtures and retains the best people.
Elizabeth Finn Homes do not currently provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.
