Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer in Leatherhead

Group Executive Assistant & Governance Coordinator

Leatherhead / Hybrid, with occasional London travel

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of Bytes, supporting our Group CEO and helping ensure that executive and Board activity runs with focus, pace and precision. We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant who wants genuine ownership, senior-level exposure and the opportunity to make a visible difference in a fast-moving business.

The Mission

Your role is simple in principle: help the CEO operate at their best!

You’ll bring structure to a complex and constantly changing environment, protect time for the priorities that matter most, and make sure important actions don’t get lost. Alongside executive support, you’ll coordinate Board and governance activity, working closely with senior leaders, legal advisers and governance stakeholders.

This is a role for someone who is comfortable taking ownership rather than waiting for direction. You’ll need the judgement to know what needs attention, the confidence to challenge appropriately and the resilience to stay calm when priorities compete.

What you’ll deliver

In your first 6–12 months, you’ll:

• Create greater structure around the CEO’s diary, priorities and executive commitments.
• Protect executive time by anticipating conflicts, resolving issues and confidently managing competing demands.
• Coordinate Board and governance activity so papers, meetings, documentation and actions are organised and delivered effectively.
• Build trusted relationships across the senior leadership community, acting as a credible link between the CEO and key stakeholders.
• Strengthen follow-through by keeping actions, commitments and important administration moving to completion.
• Bring order and accuracy to executive and governance documentation, ensuring information is controlled and easy to navigate.
• Solve day-to-day problems independently, using judgement to decide when to act, challenge, elevate or simply get things done.

What you’ll need

• Strong experience supporting a CEO, C-suite executive or similarly senior leader, including complex diary and mailbox management.
• The confidence and emotional intelligence to build strong relationships and appropriately challenge senior stakeholders.
• Excellent organisation, coordination and follow-through, with the ability to manage several competing priorities without losing sight of detail.
• Sound judgement, discretion and resilience, particularly when dealing with confidential information or sensitive situations.
• The ability to work autonomously, solve problems and move comfortably between bigger priorities and hands‑on administration.
• Experience of, or exposure to, Board or corporate governance activity, including papers, meetings, records and action tracking.

Why Bytes?

Bytes helps organisations modernise and transform their IT, working with SME, corporate and public‑sector customers. We combine the pace and energy of a growing technology business with a strong focus on our people, customers and long-term development. What makes this opportunity different is its proximity to the business. You won’t just manage a diary. You’ll operate alongside some of the most senior people in Bytes, have visibility across executive and Board priorities, and be trusted to use your judgement to make things work better.

For someone who values ownership, autonomy, challenge and impact, it’s an opportunity to become a trusted part of how the Group operates.

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