Corporate Support Assistant

Job title: Corporate Support Assistant | Grade: 4 | Employment type: permanent | Hours: full time (35 hours per week) | Starting salary: £32,570 | Directorate: CEO | Department: CEO | Location: Edinburgh | Closing date: 29 March 2026 (23:55)

We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Corporate Support Assistant to support the Chief Executive, Chair, Board, and Chief Executive’s Office with the smooth running of key corporate processes.

This is a fast-paced, high-visibility role with daily engagement across the Executive Team and regular contact with senior stakeholders, including Scottish Government. You’ll play a central part in coordinating activity, managing priorities, and helping ensure important corporate business runs efficiently.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a central coordination point for Chief Executive and Chair business, including liaison with Scottish Government
• Managing diaries, tasks and meeting arrangements for the Chief Executive, Chair, Board, and Executive Team
• Preparing, coordinating, and managing correspondence, papers, and deadlines
• Booking travel and accommodation, and processing expenses
• Following up actions on behalf of the Chief Executive and Chair
• Supporting records management, including document storage, retention, and disposal processes
• Maintaining governance schedules, contact lists, and procedure manuals
• Supporting events, corporate returns, and website updates
• Contributing ideas to improve CEO office processes and ways of working.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Experience in a similar senior support or coordination role
• Confidence working with and supporting senior stakeholders across the organisation and externally
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong interpersonal ability
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask, prioritise, and maintain attention to detail
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook (diary and task management)
• A proactive approach, using initiative and sound judgement to manage workload effectively
• The ability to build positive working relationships and handle complex or sensitive communications professionally.

What we offer:

• A meaningful role where your work makes a real impact
• A supportive, inclusive, and values-driven working environment
• Opportunities for learning and professional development
• Flexible working to support a healthy work-life balance
• A competitive salary and benefits package, including pension contributions
• Generous annual leave entitlement (34 days, rising to 42 days after two years’ service)
• Enhanced family-friendly leave entitlements
• Access to wellbeing support, mental health support, and an employee assistance programme
• Access to a wide range of discounts (including gym and retail) and the Cycle to Work scheme through our partner, Edenred.

For more details about this role and a full list of essential criteria and required competencies, please see the Job Description.

Completed applications should be returned by Sunday, 29 March 2026.