Executive Assistant (Principalship)
We are seeking a highly organised, professional and proactive Executive Assistant to provide high‑level administrative and executive support to the Principal, Vice Principal and wider Leadership Team.
This is a key role within the Principalship Office, contributing to the smooth, efficient and effective operation of the College at a senior strategic level.
About the Role
As Executive Assistant, you will deliver a comprehensive and confidential administrative service, supporting senior leaders with diaries, correspondence, meetings and governance processes. You will play a central role in coordinating College Board and committee activity, producing papers and presentations, and ensuring senior leaders are fully prepared for meetings and events.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high‑quality administrative and executive support to the Principalship and Leadership Team
- Manage complex diaries and meeting schedules, including forward planning and “bring‑forward” systems
- Compile and distribute Board and committee papers, agendas and minutes
- Organise internal and external meetings, events and working groups, including logistics and follow‑up actions
- Produce correspondence, reports, presentations and spreadsheets to a high professional standard
- Maintain accurate, secure records and filing systems (electronic and paper‑based)
- Support governance processes, including the preparation of reports for College and Corporation Boards
- Assist with budget administration, CPD records, recruitment activities and senior leadership projects
- Handle highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion at all times
About You
You will be an experienced administrator, comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment with competing priorities and significant responsibility.
About Southwark College
Southwark College is a large further education college in London, offering an exciting range of work-focused courses that give our students the skills and experience they need to develop their employment potential. We provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.
We’re proud of our success in achieving excellent results and producing knowledgeable and successful students, but we’re built on our staff and our success is down to recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. Helping our young people and adults to fulfil their potential and often transform their lives through education requires dedication, patience and the ability to think differently. That’s why we set out to recruit staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome.
We’d love you to join the team if you want to make a real difference to the lives of students, local employers and the wider Southwark community. In return, we’ll provide you with a range of development opportunities, benefits and support to help you fulfil your role.
Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.
At Southwark College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.
Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.
1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
As part of the NCG Group, Southwark College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.
NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.
To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.
NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
NCG is a great place to work, with a whole host of benefits such as:
- Access to Discounts
