VACANCY: Freelance EA & Admin Support – Powering Communities CIC
November 10, 2026
Job title: EA and Admin Support (3-month freelance contract)
Role summary:
EA and admin support for the CEO and Board of a new organisation backing community-owned clean energy. Manage diary, travel and meetings, and support Board and Investment Committee papers and minutes. Freelance contract for 3 months. Didcot office one day a week, otherwise remote.
Job location (usual place of work): Didcot, Oxfordshire. Hybrid: at least one day a week in our Didcot office, otherwise remote.
Pay Rate: £160 to £220 per day, depending on experience
Hours: Freelance contract – ideally full-time hours for three months, but we can be flexible
Contract is: Fixed term Temporary – three-month freelance contract
Powering Communities CIC backs communities to take ownership of clean energy and reap the benefits. We invest in community-led projects that build local pride, prosperity and resilience, creating energy solutions that serve people and places for generations to come.
We are in our early months getting started as a new organisation. We need some EA and admin support to work with our CEO and our Board. You’ll work closely with our CEO, keeping her diary, meetings and travel running smoothly. You’ll provide some administration support to our Investment Committee and our Board. And you’ll be self-starting and happy to pick things up as they come. In a team this small, no two weeks look the same.
We are looking for a freelancer on a three-month contract, ideally full time, but we can be flexible. You will need to come into our Didcot office at least one day a week but can otherwise work remotely.
- – Manage the CEO’s diary, arranging meetings and keeping schedules up to date
- – Organise travel and logistics for meetings and events
- – Keep records of stakeholder meetings and contacts
- – Help plan and prepare for meetings, including papers and follow-up actions
- – Help with planning and keeping track of priorities and deadlines
- – Governance support
- – Support the Board and its Committees, working with the Board Executive Assistant, to prepare and circulate papers in advance of meetings
- – Take or support minutes, and maintain action and decision logs
- – Maintain the registers and records each Committee needs under its terms of reference
- – Keep track of governance deadlines and reporting cycles
- – Provide support to Committee Chairs as needed
VACANCY: Freelance EA & Admin Support – Powering Communities CIC employer: ocva.org
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