Executive and Board Assistant

Are you an experienced Executive and Board Assistant looking for your next challenge?

Do you want to work for an exciting organisation with a mission to enable people, places, and the planet to flourish?

The Opportunity

We re looking for our new Executive and Board Assistant who provides high-level administrative and organisational support to the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees. This role ensures the smooth running of Board and Committee meetings, governance processes, enabling effective decision-making, compliance with statutory obligations, and strong communication between executives, trustees, and stakeholders.

Acting as a trusted point of coordination, the role balances strategic awareness with attention to detail supporting the delivery of the RSA s organisational priorities while upholding the highest standards of governance and integrity.

This role is based at RSA House in London for at least three days per week, with hybrid flexibility for the remaining days.

A successful candidate will:

• Coordinate meetings of the Board of Trustees and sub-committees, including scheduling, preparing agendas, collating and circulating papers (via Convene), and minute-taking (using AI, at times).
• Provide proactive administrative support to the Executive Leadership Team as required, including diary management, meeting preparation, and travel arrangements.
• Organise the annual programme of meetings of the main Board and its Sub-Committees, including an annual general meeting, annual Board Away-Day and other key events.
• Work with key stakeholders across the RSA including our Chair of Trustees, Sir Loyd Grossman CBE

If you're excited about working within growing communities and making a tangible impact, we d love to hear from you.

To find out more about this role, please download the job description on the vacancy page.

Apply

In order to apply, please click quick apply on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 26 September 9am. However, screening and interviews will be ongoing, so we may close the vacancy early if sufficient exceptional candidates apply. Please get your application in as soon as possible.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

Inclusion Statement

As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.

We aspire to maximum inclusion in our work and endeavour to challenge systemic inequity and all forms of discrimination. We therefore welcome applications from everybody who is committed to our vision and values and can demonstrate the skills, competencies and experience required for the role applied for.

Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on our website.

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for 270 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

We offer great benefits, including 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more! Read our full list of benefits on our website.