Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer

We’re Anthony Nolan and we save the lives of people with blood cancer and blood disorders who need a stem cell transplant or novel cell therapy.

We’re unique. Thanks to the incredible donors on our register, our pioneering research and our passionate fundraisers, we give the chance of life to three people a day.

But we won’t stop there. We are working tirelessly to unite people and science in order to unlock the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.

If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love for you to join our lifesaving team.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer to join our Operations Leadership Group .

Title: Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer

Salary: £31,000 per annum (inclusive of London weighting)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 per week (standard Anthony Nolan working hours)

Location:  Hybrid*, with head office in Hampstead, London

This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role supporting the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Anthony Nolan. This position sits within the Operations & Patient Services division, which covers areas Donor & Transplantation Services, Patient Services, Laboratory Operations, Cell & Gene Therapy Services, and the Cord Blood Programme.

The Executive Assistant role consists of providing comprehensive administrative and communicative support to the COO across the full range of their work. This includes ensuring all output meets required internal and external deadlines, and to a quality standard.

The Executive Assistant will also line manage the Operations Leadership Group Assistant, to ensure they are enthused and equipped to meet the requirements of their role.

Essential attributes:

• Extensive experience of being an Executive Assistant to a senior manager.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with sensitive situations.
• Strong organisational skills with excellent written, presentation and verbal communications skills.
• An ability to work independently and on own initiative whilst also having the skills and experience to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Line management experience and the ability to hold others to account.
• Enthusiasm, energy and professionalism with a problem-solving approach.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary
• 27 days annual leave, pension scheme, childcare vouchers, access to counselling via a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
• Life Assurance of four times annual salary
• Travel season ticket loan, Cycle to work Scheme
• And more! (full list of benefits available on our website)

Please check out the job description here , as well as our FAQs & Additional Info page to read about our benefits, values and recruitment policy.

Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone a chance of life.

Anthony Nolan is committed to equal opportunities & a living wage accredited employer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

* It is important to note that we are an organisation where our culture matters and with patients, supporters and donors at the heart. Therefore, it is important that we make very clear that we expect some work to take place in the workplace . The specific expectation of remote vs on site working varies depending on the team/role, and we endeavour to make this clear on each individual vacancy. If you have any queries around our hybrid working policy and the expectation for a role you're interested in, please get in touch.