Executive Assistant to the Director of Technology

at  Financial Conduct Authority

Executive Assistant to the Director of Technology
Would you like to take up an exciting opportunity to work closely with the Director for Technology at the FCA?
Salary: National ranging from £43,300 to £65,000 and London from £46,400 to £69,500
The team/department
We are now recruiting for a pro-active and results driven Executive Assistant, working to the Director of Technology. Working in collaboration with the DTI Senior Leadership Team, the divisional Business Management Teams and the Director’s PA, this is a critical role in ensuring that the division is able to carry out its responsibilities effectively.
This role sits within the Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division, where it’s imperative that teams work collaboratively to deliver value-add technology solutions. The team supports internal technology and data requirements as well as external platforms that host crucial data.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate good organisational skills with a strong eye for detail, the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality, effectively prioritise a demanding workload for the Director and their own and have strong interpersonal to communicate and build relationships across the division and wider organisation.
What you will be doing (the role)
This role offers the right candidate a unique and fascinating overview of DTI, together with exposure to the DTI Senior Leadership team and an insight into the management and development of the organisation. You will experience significant variety and challenge and be offered an opportunity to interact with a wide variety of key stakeholders.
You will be responsible for ensuring that issues are clearly prioritised for the Director, together with liaising with staff at all levels to advise and co-ordinate on the preparation and editing of Committee papers; ensuring all actions are dealt with in a timely manner.
Ensuring the effective flow of information between the Director, the DTI leadership team, Operations and the rest of the FCA. This will include ensuring that the Director is properly briefed on emerging and ongoing issues, that his diary reflects his priorities and information is communicated effectively across relevant channels. Strong stakeholder management with other Executive Assistants, the leadership team and business partners is necessary to deliver this.
What you will get from the role
You will have a rare opportunity to understand and shape the workings of the financial sector at a time of considerable change. You will enjoy a unique aerial view of the financial services industry, with the opportunity to do meaningful work that makes a real difference.
As an Academy business, we place great value on learning and at the FCA we offer world-class development opportunities which will assist you in achieving your career aspirations. This role offers significant personal development and stretch; working as part of a fast paced and busy team.
This role offers the right candidate a unique and fascinating overview of DTI, together with exposure to the DTI Senior Leadership team and an insight into the management and development of the organisation. You will experience significant variety and challenge and be offered an opportunity to interact with a wide variety of key stakeholders.
Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.
The skills and experience you will have
Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

• Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
• Strong relationship management and diplomatic skills to allow you to deal effectively with people of all levels in the FCA

Essential

• Judgement: Analytical ability to rapidly assimilate new facts and understand complex issues, drawing practical and constructive conclusions in challenging deadlines
• Influence: Ability to identify and manage key stakeholders, building rapport and constructive relationships. Ability to make a strong personal impact with the conviction to question and challenge all levels of the FCA where necessary
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), with the ability to adapt your approach to meet the needs of the audience
• A team player with the ability to gain peoples’ trust; working collaboratively with others to achieve outcomes
• Discretion, strong judgement and the ability to take decisions and escalate issues quickly if appropriate. Flexibility and commitment - ability to work well under pressure, and to short deadlines
• The ability to consistently deliver outcomes and tenacity to ensure others deliver
• Organisational ability: Can show capability to manage a range of competing tasks and ensuring it is of the highest standard

About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found
here.
The FCA’s Values & Diversity
Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our Senior Associate role.
Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.
Multi-location
As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.

Useful information

• Applications for this role close at 23:59 on 11th November
• This role is graded as Senior Associate - Corporate

Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact:
For internal applicants, please contact Michael Wood,
michael.wood@fca.org.uk
For external applicants, please contact Michael Wood,
michael.wood@fca.org.uk
What to expect from our interview process
The assessment process consists of an initial screening call with one our Recruitment Partners. If successful, you will be invited to attend a first stage competency-based interview. The final stage will include a technical case study and competency-based questions.
Application support
We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.
If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible

• Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills
• Strong relationship management and diplomatic skills to allow you to deal effectively with people of all levels in the FC