Personal Assistant to Finance Director and Office Manager to the Finance Department

We are looking for a Personal Assistant to the Finance Director and Office Manager to join our Finance Office at the House of Lords. This role is being offered on a part-time basis of between 29-25 hours per week - exact hours can be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

This is a varied role where you will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Finance Director and Finance Office - which may include diary management, organising departmental events, preparing meeting papers or minute-taking.

This is an opportunity to work on-site at Parliament with 1 day a week working from home, dependent on business need. This is an exciting position for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and working with a range of stakeholders and colleagues. The successful candidate will have a significant experience in supporting a senior leader or as a personal assistant with the ability to manage issues and make decisions within their role to ensure a quality service.

You'll be accountable for -

• Effective diary management including, co-ordination, prioritisation and liaising with senior stakeholders' offices.
• Preparation of meeting papers including compiling papers into a single organised printed or digital pack and circulating with required attendees in advance of meeting.
• Support inbox management including categorising, triaging and filing.
• Quarterly reporting of key metrics
• Management of gifts and hospitality register
• Departmental events planning and organisation, including research and on-the-day event management.

For full details of the role responsibilities and duties, please see the job description.

What we're looking for

• Significant experience supporting a senior leader in a personal assistance capacity. Proficient use of digital tools including Microsoft Office packages
• Proactively taking responsibility for making decisions within delegated scope considering their impact and priority.
• Clear and concise oral and written communication, including the ability to respond constructively to challenging conversations
• Plan, organise and manage you own time effectively to deliver a high-quality service to the Finance Director, including identification of potential issues and providing solutions to mitigate
• Deliver high quality and accurate work under pressure by agreed deadlines, including identification of administration process improvements.
• Ability to build effective and supportive working relationships across all levels of the organisation.

What you'll get in return

• 30 days annual leave (increasing to 35 after one years' service)
• Generous pension scheme
• Parliamentary health and wellbeing programme
• The opportunity to witness history in the making!

The work we do is vital to House of Lords, and you will be a pivotal member in the team strengthening the work of the House. The House of Lords is the second chamber of the UK parliament. It is independent from and complements the work of the House of Commons to:

• Make laws
• Check and challenge the actions of the government through questions and debates
• Investigate public policy and provide a forum of independent expertise

Please complete your online application by 23.55pm on Sunday 31 August 2025.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact

Job offers are standardly offered at the minimum of the salary range

We welcome applications from all candidates with diverse characteristics, including different ages, caring responsibilities, disability, gender/sex, gender reassignment/trans, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race/ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. We welcome discussions about flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments.