Executive Assistant to Global Director (HQ, Hybrid)

As our Executive Assistant to the Global Director (Campaigns & Advocacy), you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling effective leadership across our global campaigns and advocacy work. You’ll provide high‑quality administrative, organisational, and coordination support to ensure the Global Director can operate efficiently and focus on driving strategic impact. This is a varied and trusted role, combining diary management, event coordination, meeting support, and financial administration, alongside communications support.

As our Executive Assistant, you’ll be responsible for:

• Proactively managing and prioritising a complex Director‑level diary
• Providing comprehensive administrative support, including correspondence, document production, and expense management
• Coordinating meetings, away days, and events, including in‑person support where required
• Supporting financial and project administration processes, including purchase orders, invoices, and record‑keeping
• Acting as a key liaison point for internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting the Global Director’s external activity, including speaking engagements and communications support

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be highly organised, proactive, and confident working with senior leaders. You will have outstanding attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage changing priorities while remaining calm and discreet. You will need to be able to work independently, while also collaborating closely with colleagues across a global organisation.

Skills and experience you’ll need to bring as our Executive Assistant:

• Proven experience in administration, diary management, and event coordination
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong proofreading and attention to detail
• Experience managing expenses, invoices, and financial administration processes
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience using project management tools such as Trello or Asana
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism

If you don’t meet every requirement but believe you could thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply. This is a rewarding opportunity to work at the heart of a global organisation, supporting leadership that is driving real change for farmed animals worldwide. We offer a supportive, flexible workplace with a strong focus on wellbeing and development, including:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Health cash back plan and 24/7 GP access
• Employee assistance programme (EAP) and MHFA support
• Electric car scheme available
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Enhanced discretionary sick pay
• Hybrid working model (role and location dependent)
• Free onsite parking and office next to mainline station
• Cycle benefit scheme and other savings options
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

Compassion in World Farming International is a leading global organisation working to end factory farming. Founded in 1967 by British farmer Peter Roberts, we’ve spent over 50 years driving change, successfully campaigning to ban cruel practices such as barren battery cages, veal crates, and sow stalls across the UK and Europe. Our work combines advocacy, campaigning, and collaboration with policymakers and businesses to promote animal welfare and sustainable food systems. We envision a future where animals are treated with compassion, and farming supports both people and the planet.

To comply with legal requirements in the UK and internationally, all applicants must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the country where the role is based. Compassion in World Farming is absolutely committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We value diversity and lived experience and acknowledge the underrepresentation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups, whether these be of ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation or other.