Executive Assistant

Job summary

We are currently recruiting for an Executive Assistant. This role is flexible and can be based at any of our Cafcass Offices.

We trust and empower colleagues to work in a hybrid way, providing the resources, equipment and support, so that individually and collectively, we can be the voice of children and young people when the family court makes critical decisions about their futures. We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us.

This isn’t a fully remote role, and there will be occasions where you have to travel to the office, for monthly in-person meetings in London and EA support meetings. We do offer the flexibility to work from home but also encourage office attendance where needed.

We are a diverse, inclusive organisation that is a safe space for colleagues with shared aspects of identity and lived experience, which helps ensure we provide a service which promotes the diversity and uniqueness of children and families from all backgrounds. We especially welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds as we strive to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the children and families we work with.

We provide extensive wellbeing support for colleagues, as well as excellent benefits, all of which we hope encourages you to join us.

Job description

• This important and exciting role supports our Principal Social Worker and Assistant Director (Performance and Quality Assurance), ensuring Cafcass continues to provide exceptional services for children in court proceedings.

• You will work collaboratively and in partnership with colleague Executive Assistants in carrying out the key responsibilities, including diary and email management, and ensuring all Directors are aware of essential priorities and communications.
  
  
• You will also provide a comprehensive administrative service for the Senior Practice Leaders team, the Operational Management Team and other senior management meetings, which will include coordinating and distributing relevant documentation in a timely manner, noting key actions, monitoring, and tracking the status of all agreed actions, and producing progress reports and updates as required.

Person specification

• Private office and/or administrative support to senior leader is desirable

• Highly organised and responsive with proven ability to prioritise competing tasks and deadlines and manage own time efficiently.

• Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to prioritise work allocated effectively and make routine decisions autonomously.

• Confident and competent in using a range of IT tools, such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Power point, Microsoft Project, Access and Publisher.

You can find out more about the above - and much more - before you apply by reading the job description.

Benefits

We also know that to join us you want to be rewarded in a variety of ways, including quality time away from work to spend time with those important to you, support to manage your financial present and future, whilst also being trusted to manage your work/life balance. We have an extensive package of benefits that you can find out more about when you click through, including excellent holidays and a generous Local Government Pension Scheme to name just two things.

We also understand that you will want to work for an organisation that is both passionate and committed to supporting your wellbeing. As you will find out when you visit our vacancy page, the four dedicated, additional days per year when colleagues are encouraged to spend time focusing on their health and wellbeing is just one of a multitude of ways in which we do this.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

If and when you are ready to apply, our application process is straightforward and quick to complete. You don’t need to complete your application in a single visit, you can start it and come back and amend your responses / update your CV, just make sure you come back before the closing date to submit.

Below we have given you an indication of a timetable we are hoping to work towards, although dates are subject to change.

Closing date:

21st April 2026

Final Interview:

1st May 2026

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Shalise Ford
• Email : shalise.ford@cafcass.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : HRResouring@cafcass.gov.uk