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Job Title:        Executive Assistant and Artistic Administrator

Salary:            £35,000.00 per annum FTE. Pro rata salary for 0.8 working £28,000.00

Job type:       Fixed term 1 year. Working part time 0.8. The role will be reviewed for September 2027

Location:        English National Ballet School, Hortensia Road, London SW10 0QS

English National Ballet School, affiliated school with English National Ballet, is a specialist training centre for aspiring and highly talented young ballet dancers aged 16 to 19. We transform talented young dancers into world-class performers over a three-year programme validated by Trinity College, London.

Who we are looking for:

We are now looking to appoint an Executive Assistant and Artistic Administrator to support the Directors through secretarial and administrative duties to enables them to function at maximum effectiveness. The post holder will have an overview of the School’s output, manage Directors diaries, deal with personal correspondence and meeting set up, oversee freelance employment contracts, coordinate travel arrangements, provide administrative support for the Board of Governors and subcommittees, track the artistic budget and support the artistic schedule, within the context of a busy school environment.

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience of working in an Executive Assistant capacity.
• Exceptional communication, administrative and relationship building skills.
• Tactful, diplomatic and assertive in dealing with challenging situations.
• Effective team player with the skills to work with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience of dealing with confidential issues with discretion.
• Excellent working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workload.
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent written and proofreading skills.
• Experience of budget management and processing expenses.

How to apply: Candidates are invited to complete the application form.