Executive Assistant East Kilbride

Roles and ResponsibilitiesExecutive Assistants provide a mix of policy support and professional office administration. POD will configure the roles to meet specific business needs. The list below is not exhaustive and gives an indication of what roles typically include: Diary Manager: Maintaining oversight of all appointments, including meetings with foreign governments, cross-government meetings, and overseas travel.  Correspondence Drafter: Managing and drafting bespoke correspondence for a Ministerial portfolio on a wide range of subject matters, coordinating with teams across the FCDO for policy lines to inform draft replies. Parliamentary Questions Officer: Drafting and coordinating Written Parliamentary Questions and ensuring that the department meets its targets. Parliamentary Innovation Officer: Looking to the future and thinking creatively about how we can work better with Parliament. You will develop project management skills to make progress on various projects to improve our effectiveness, for example improving how we handle correspondence processes. Parliamentary Performance & Capability Officer: Using data and analytical skills to monitor our performance and develop solutions to address gaps or trends and improve the skills and knowledge of staff across the FCDO. Business Support Officer: Supporting POD on a wide range of corporate, financial and business needs to enable the Directorate to function effectively. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work in different roles within POD. We will place you in each role, taking into account your interests and matching skills and experience where relevant. In principle, you will move roles every 12 months. Successful candidates need to be flexible and prepared to do any role. Please note, the roles are subject to change depending on business need.