Job Introduction
Executive Assistant
The role is initially offered as a fixed term contract up to June 2026
About Us
The Bristol Temple Quarter Limited Liability Partnership (BTQLLP) is seeking to appoint an Executive Assistant to join the team helping to shape the future of Bristol Temple Quarter, to create a place people want to live, work and spend time.
Bristol Temple Quarter (BTQ) is one of the UK’s largest regeneration programmes. It is a partnership between the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA), Bristol City Council, Homes England, and Network Rail.
Our mission is to work in partnership to deliver the ambitious regeneration vision for Bristol Temple Quarter. We are an inclusive, trustworthy, and committed team using our diverse skills and innovative approaches to build new communities and workspaces. The Executive Assistant will play a key role supporting the BTQLLP’s CEO and the BTQ team to help make the partners’ ambitions a reality.
About the Role
You’ll be providing a high-quality support service to the BTQLLP CEO and the wider senior BTQ team, including proactive diary management, supporting external stakeholder engagements, managing a busy inbox with conflicting priorities and making travel arrangements. They’ll be the need to provide secretariat support to interesting key meetings, as well as the opportunity to make your mark by developing and establishing new administration procedures for the operation of the BTQLLP.
About You
With excellent MS Office and interpersonal skills, you’ll have experience of providing diary management and proactive administrative support in a busy and dynamic environment. With experience of dealing with multiple senior stakeholders, you’ll be able to handle conflicting priorities whilst maintaining attention to detail, discretion, and confidentiality. Either knowledge gained through relevant experience, or a business administration qualification to NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) is required for this role.
If this sounds like your next role, we’d love to hear from you! Please click on the apply button below and tell us why you would be a great fit for this post. The job description and person specification below contain more information.
Closing date: 1st December
Interviews will be held w/c 9th and 16th December subject to availability.
About the Company
Our Offer
As a part of our partnership, the successful candidate will be employed by the MCA but immediately seconded to work directly on BTQ as part of the LLP team. As a result, you will enjoy the same benefits and terms and conditions as MCA employees.
Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
- 26/31 days annual Leave
- Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme
- Reduced fare bus travel across the West of England
- Flexible and hybrid working options from day one to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with 2 or 3 days in the office a week.
The BTQ team is based at the MCA in a new bright, airy, modern office space, with all the latest technology, under a 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status. We are also proud to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter.
Please contact us to identify any additional support you may need during the recruitment process.