Executive Assistant to Deputy Director of the Judicial College and Deputy Director of Strategy and Change

Closing date: 12^th July 2026

Background

The role provides a unique opportunity to interact with key stakeholders and senior judiciary. Your role will be integral to the efficient running of the Judicial Office, ensuring that the workloads of two senior civil servants, the Deputy Director of the Judicial College and Deputy Director of Strategy and Change, are managed effectively. The role would suit someone with strong organisational and communication skills

The Judicial College

The principal role of Judicial College is to support the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals in fulfilling their responsibilities for the arrangements for training the judiciary in an ever-evolving justice system. Working with the College Board, the Judicial College supports these senior members of the judiciary in setting the direction for training and ensuring the College has the right support in place to provide advice on the design and delivery of training, innovative digital systems to support delivery and that seminars are well-organised.

We are a unique branch of the civil service, independent from Government, dedicated to supporting the judiciary and promoting judicial independence, to maintain confidence in the rule of law. The Judicial Office reports to, and is accountable to, the Lady Chief Justice and was set up in 2006 to provide support to them and to the wider judiciary. The Judicial College is part of the wider Judicial Office, which is a unique branch of the Civil Service dedicated to supporting judicial independence, to maintain confidence in the rule of law. The Judicial Office assists the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals to fulfil their responsibilities to the judiciary (about 25,000 judicial office holders), and an ever-evolving justice system.

Job Description

This role will provide executive assistant support to the Judicial College’s Deputy Director and the Judicial Office’s Deputy Director of Strategy and Change. Our team works to ensure that they are in the right place, with the right people, at the right time to support priority outcomes.

This role will sit within the College’s Chief of Staff Team which is part of the College’s Strategy, Change and Governance Team.

Although the senior civil servants this role supports are based in London, this role can be based at either the Leeds, London or Loughborough College office. The Chief of Staff Team is based across sites and some travel to the difference offices may be required for staff engagement purposes.

Main Activities/Responsibilities

The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:

• Proactively managing the Deputy Director’s diaries, resolving conflicting scheduling requests and ensuring their time is managed efficiently;

• Rearranging and prioritising engagements, considering the sequencing, cycles and long-term effects of altering appointments in the diary;

• Corresponding with both Judicial Office officials and senior judiciary on behalf of the Deputy Directors;

• Thinking ahead and liaising with colleagues to ensure they have the papers and information they require and adequate time for reading and consideration;

• Co-ordinating meetings (including room booking/ensuring appropriate digital arrangements are in place, greeting and escorting of visitors/use of digital lobbies, printing/organising of agenda and meeting papers);

• Arranging travel and overnight accommodation;

• Issuing welcome letters on behalf the Deputy Director of the College and arranging introductory meetings with new starters;

• Providing wider administrative support to the College’s Strategy, Change and Governance team.

Please note however, the work is not limited to this and will change according to business need.

You will also be a proactive and flexible member of the Strategy, Governance and Change team, contributing to the overall impact and professionalism of the team, including undertaking any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post.

Working in the Strategy Governance and Change team and directly with two Deputy Directors will give the successful candidate a real insight into the workings of both the Office and College at the highest levels.

Person Specification

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent organisational skills with keen attention to detail.

• Ability to work flexibly, manage conflicting demands and swiftly reprioritise so that sudden changes do not adversely impact on delivery.

• Ability to communicate clearly and build effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues/judiciary.

• Strong MS Office skills, including proficiency in the use of Outlook, plus other collaborative tools such as Teams.

Desirable

• Previous PA/diary management experience is desirable but not essential.

Assessment Criteria

Behaviours

• Delivering at Pace

• Working Together

• Managing a Quality Service

Strengths

Strengths will be assessed but these are not shared in advance. To learn more about Strengths and how they are assessed