Executive Assistant

- **Closing:** 12:00pm, 15th Oct 2026 BST ### **Executive Assistant (24 hours per week - Mon-Thurs)** ### **Remote (UK-based) | £42,943 (pro rata) + benefits (including 11% employer pension)** **Do your best work, for the right reasons.** We’re looking for an experienced executive assistant to provide support to designated Oak directors... You will work with colleagues across the organisation to... Oak is a fully remote, mission-driven organisation offering high levels of flexibility, autonomy, and purpose. We’re a national not-for-profit organisation working in partnership with teachers to create high-quality, sequenced curriculum and lesson resources for pupils across all subjects and age groups. Our culture has been independently recognised through: - **Flexa verified** (93% overall score, including 95% for working hours and 97% for role modelling) - **Escape the City's Top 1% Employers** – based on anonymous colleague reviews of culture, development, and impact - **Investors in People Gold -** through external accreditation and colleague feedback **🔧 What You’ll Be Doing** - Lead executive support for the relevant directors, anticipating needs and prioritising competing demands. - Coordinate the directorate's meetings, forums and events, supporting effective information flow, and support the delivery of all-staff events. - Track and manage spend accurately, including expense processing and financial record-keeping, with good financial acumen. - Support all work across People & Planning and take on other general responsibilities as required - As a member of the Oak Team, contribute to the planning and culture of the organisation. - Work in cross-functional and product-oriented squads with colleagues from across the organisation, as required. ### **🌱 What We’re Looking For** - 2+ years' experience in an Executive Assistant role - A high standard of confidentiality and discretion, particularly with sensitive and people-related matters and with high-profile stakeholders. - Exceptional organisation, prioritisation and planning skills - Numerate, with sound financial acumen and strong attention to detail. The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute across all areas to ensure Oak's success. You will be comfortable moving quickly and with agility, and be confident working with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones, as required). You will continually look for ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively. ### **💛 Our Benefits** - 25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28) - pro-rata for part-time - Additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year - 11% employer pension contribution (with no minimum employee contribution, which can be varied as you choose). Please note this is a workplace pension rather than the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. - Remote working — we’ll support your home set-up and offer coworking options if preferred - Twice-yearly in-person whole Oak offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun (with other occasional team events in person) - A culture that genuinely supports flexibility, autonomy, and trust **🌈 Inclusion and Belonging** We believe diverse teams build better products. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the tech and education sectors. We use the Applied recruitment platform to help reduce bias in our hiring process. **📌 Key Info** - Location: Remote, but you must be based in the UK with the legal right to work here - Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time If this sounds like the kind of role and team where you could do your life’s best work, we’d love to hear from you. ### **Next steps** You’ll answer some questions related to your day-to-day job. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers (real humans). If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next stage, which will consist of a remote interview conducted over Zoom. We love giving feedback, so at the end of the application process, we'll share how well you performed. We aim to begin interviews in **the week commencing 19 October 2026.** ### **We are an equal opportunities employer.** We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.