Executive Assistant to Group Strategy Director – Part-Time (25 hours per week)

We’re recruiting for an Executive Assistant to work with our Group Strategy Director. This role is critical to ensuring the effective management of executive priorities, complex diaries, confidential information, and key stakeholder interactions. The role holder will be proactive, highly organised, and able to anticipate needs in a fast-paced environment.

This role requires discretion and the ability to work several steps ahead, ensuring the Executive’s time and energy can be directed as the highest value activities. 

Providing proactive management of a complex diary, inbox, workflows and travel with a strong emphasis on forward planning. Anticipating upcoming demands, deadlines and stakeholder needs ensuring the Executive is well prepared for meetings,

Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders is a vital part of the role, as well as acting as a communication bridge inside and outside of the function.

We operate on a team-led hybrid approach.

• 28 days annual leave
• Buy and sell holiday 
• Group Life Insurance - 6x salary
• Pension - Group Contribution
• Success Share / Bonus 

You’ll be confident, approachable and relationship oriented. This is a dynamic position suited to someone who combines exceptional organisational ability, strong judgement, emotional intelligence, and professional discretion. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast‑paced environment, act confidently at senior levels, and take ownership of creating the conditions that allow the Group Strategy Director—and the wider function—to operate at their best.

To be successful in this role it’s essential you have:

• Experience in supporting Executives/Senior Business Leaders and managing multiple priorities.
• Be able to demonstrate a capability to anticipate workloads and prepare the Executive for future meetings and engagements.
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High level of discretion and professionalism
• Experience supporting C-suite executives.

In 2025, Coventry Building Society purchased The Co-operative Bank. Bringing together our purpose-led building society with the UK’s original ethical bank was the start of an exciting journey.

Trusted by over four million people, we’re a mutually owned business free from shareholders, and with our combined experience of almost 300 years, our ethics and dedication will continue to guide us. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers and colleagues.

We’re officially recognised as a ‘Great Place to Work’ and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing. 

We’re serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you’ll build more than just a career with us.

Flexibility and why it matters

We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we’ll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role.                 

Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer

We’re proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria.