Job Description

Executive Assistant to Director (Colleges)

40 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Salary Range: 32,178 - 40,389 per annum

(Starting salary will be subject to relevant experience and qualifications)

This post will be based onsite at Ruskin Mill in Nailsworth, with a requirement for occasional travel to Trust sites around the UK

Application closing date: Wednesday 15th October 2025

Interview Dates: First Stage - Thursday 23rd October 2025

Second Stage - Thursday 6th November 2025

We are seeking to recruit for an exciting multi-tasking role that provides executive support within all administration areas to the Director of Colleges of Ruskin Mill Trust.

The successful applicant will be expected to provide initial cover for a period of maternity leave for the existing post holder. Upon the return of the substantive post holder, the appointed Executive Assistant will provide support and carry out duties aligned with this role for another Director within the Trust.

The post holder will contribute to the whole life of the Colleges and the Ruskin Mill Trust Civil Service, always remembering that the core purpose is to provide exceptional service and support to enable others to improve the education and lives of our pupils, students and adults. You will be expected to embrace, articulate and work with the Trust's objectives, vision, values, purpose and method.

Executive Assistant will be expected to:

Provide proactive administrative and secretarial support to the Director of Colleges. Maintain diaries and schedule individual and group meetings as required. Arrange travel and accommodation details for Director of Colleges and other Managers as required. To manage emails and incoming correspondence and paperwork in an effective manner. To update and draft policies as required in line with Ruskin Mill Civil Service to ensure compliance. To assist the Director of Colleges in the preparation of presentational materials and other documentation for wider internal and external circulation. To assist the Director of Colleges in forward planning and keeping abreast of impending deadlines, keeping track of progress. To have sight of sensitive and confidential information and maintain a high degree of confidentiality at all times.
To undertake this role, you should be highly computer literate in Microsoft Office applications and have previous experience in an administrative capacity including PA duties.

Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.

We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method,

Practical Skills Therapeutic Education,

is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 32,178.00-40,389.00 per year

Benefits:

Discounted or free food Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Work Location: In person