Executive Assistant to CPO

About the role

Save the Children International is looking for an Executive Assistant to its Chief People Officer (CPO). The role provides executive, administrative, organisational and coordination support to the CPO and the wider People leadership team, freeing the CPO to focus on strategic priorities. It is a permanent position, remote with flexible working, open to any approved Save the Children office within 3 hours of UTC, and requires the right to work in the host country.

Key responsibilities

• Proactive executive support: diary management, inbox handling, briefing packs, agendas, presentations and reports, and tracking actions and decisions from meetings.
• Domestic and international travel planning, including flights, accommodation, visas and itineraries.
• Support the People Leadership Team: meetings, forums, town halls and workshops, including papers, notes and action tracking.
• Help with onboarding of the CPO's direct reports, departmental communications and recognition activities.
• Prepare and process expense claims and invoices within delegated budgets, and maintain contact databases and distribution lists.
• Handle highly confidential information with discretion and act as a key point of contact for stakeholders.

Required profile

• Demonstrable track record of executive support to a senior leader.
• Experience managing complex, multi-time-zone diaries and high-volume inboxes.
• Extensive experience planning complex domestic and international travel, including visas.
• Experience supporting meetings, including agenda preparation, papers, minutes and action tracking.
• Ability to handle confidential information discreetly.

Required skills

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including drafting, editing and proofreading documents and reports.
• Stakeholder management and relationship building.