Executive Assistant
We have a great opportunity to join the thriving and dynamic SARSAS team as our Executive Assistant, providing high-level, proactive support to the CEO and Board.
Salary: £31,836 FTE
Hours: 25 – 30 hours per week (over a minimum of 4 days)
Responsible to: CEO
Based: Bristol with up to 50% working from home available
Pension: 5%
Annual leave: 27 days + bank holidays (pro-rata)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: midnight on Sunday 31 May 2026
Applicants will undergo a basic criminal record check before employment starts.
About the role
The Executive Assistant will provide high-level, proactive support to the CEO and Board, requiring discretion, confident communication, and the ability to anticipate needs and manage competing priorities.
Working in close partnership with the CEO, you will bring structure, oversight, and clarity to a varied and fast-paced workload, ensuring that priorities are well-managed, time is used effectively, and key pieces of work progress at pace. This will include managing a complex diary and inbox, acting as a gatekeeper and facilitator, and ensuring that communication and information flow smoothly across the organisation.
About you
You are highly organised, proactive, and able to bring structure and clarity to a busy and fast-moving environment. You are confident and professional communicating with a wide range of people, including senior stakeholders.
You are trustworthy, demonstrate sound judgement and work with integrity. You have strong planning and coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and keep tasks and projects moving forward. You are detail-oriented and take pride in producing accurate, high-quality work.
You are comfortable working independently, using your initiative to anticipate needs, solve problems, and improve ways of working. Adaptable and resilient, you remain calm under pressure and approach challenges with a positive, solutions-focused mindset
About SARSAS
SARSAS exists to relieve the trauma and distress, and help rebuild the lives, of survivors who live in Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and BANES, who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives.
SARSAS also campaigns and raises awareness about rape and sexual violence to change the narrative about sexual violence and enable survivor’s voices to be heard. Partnership work with a range of agencies locally and nationally is a priority to enable social change.
SARSAS works to feminist principles: this underpins both what our service is and how it is run. Our work is guided by a trauma-informed approach which understands how traumatic experiences can impact on survivors and keeps an awareness of the effects of trauma at the forefront of our approach to support.
Watch our ‘We Hear You’ video to learn more about our work and hear from the people we support.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion
At SARSAS we strive to create a workplace that reflect the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We want to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates diverse voices. We actively encourage applicants with protected characteristics to apply.
We are committed to taking an inclusive approach to recruitment and selection whilst ensuring there is no discrimination in our processes and that our team and prospective employees are treated fairly, with respect and without bias. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can be made to accommodate additional requirements. Applicants are encouraged to highlight any specific adjustments needed to enable participation in the recruitment process.
For more information contact recruitment@sarsas.org.uk.
How to apply
Download and read the job description and person specification
Download and complete the application form
Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 31 May 2026.
Interviews will be held in person on Friday 12 June 2026.
Interviews will be held in person in our Bristol but please indicate in your application if this is not possible so we can consider an alternative.
If you have any questions, please contact recruitment@sarsas.org.uk and speak to Laura Fitzgerald, HR Administrator.
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