Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant – Salary £30,000 – £40,000 (depending on skills and experience)

Location: York

Closing date: May 12th, 2026.

An exciting opportunity has come up for an Executive Assistant to support our IWR Risk Directors based in York.

The role will be part of our One Risk EA community, and the successful candidate will be expected to support the rest of the EAs, including providing holiday cover for other EAs as required.

A bit about the role

In this exciting role you will be working closely with IWR Chief Conduct and Compliance Officer, and the Platform Chief Risk Officer, their supporting teams and must be comfortable building a rapport quickly, to ensure good working relationships. Working in a close-knit team you will handle schedules, co-ordinate and where required attend certain meetings, prepare reports, lead on department wide communications, and be a key point of contact within IWR Risk, all while maintaining a high degree of professionalism, confidentiality, and efficiency. This role will ensure that the Directors have the right personal support in prioritising their departments and fulfilling their obligations in respect of reporting, performance and business planning to Executive teams, Boards and Committees.

The ideal candidate must be flexible, organised, able to prioritise work and be confident working under pressure. You will be career-minded with the ability to multi-task and certainly an excellent teammate, working closely with other EAs and operational leads in your business area. Taking the lead for co-ordination of all risk activity across our York site.

Skills & Experience

• Have experience as a personal / executive assistant to senior leaders including great stakeholder management skills
• The ability to maintain discretion and handle confidential information.
• Excellent organisation and time management abilities, skilled in using, maintaining, and developing administrative systems, including shared mailboxes
• Experienced in running your workload effectively with priorities from multiple partners
• Confident in providing organisational and administrative services for senior leadership team, boards, and committees
• Be prepared to undertake other business activities required to support your director(s) and their teams, e.g. agenda planning, meeting minutes and actions, and actions tracking, leading on the organisation of leaders’ events

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary between £30,000 – £40,000 (depending on skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 8% (C grade) of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email kitti.majer@aviva.com .