Job Description

Join a purpose-driven organisation where your work will help enable outstanding compassionate care across Somerset.

At St Margaret’s Hospice, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for an Executive Support Officer to provide proactive, high-level support to our Executive Team.

This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, trustees and colleagues across the organisation, helping ensure the smooth running of key leadership and governance activity across the hospice.

• Salary: £24,490.90 per annum (FTE £30,205 p.a.)
• Working Pattern: 30 hours per week. With flexibility, this could be worked over 4 or 5 days (Monday to Friday).
• Contract: Permanent, Part time
• Location: Taunton with occasional travel required to Yeovil or to other sites.
• Hybrid Working: Option to work up to half the week at home

What can you expect to be doing?

This is a pivotal role supporting the Executive Team and wider organisation through professional, proactive and compassionate executive support.

You’ll help senior leaders operate effectively by anticipating needs, managing competing priorities and ensuring meetings, communications and governance processes run smoothly and efficiently.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing proactive executive support to senior leaders, including complex diary, inbox and meeting management
• Preparing high-quality agendas, reports, presentations, briefing papers and correspondence
• Coordinating Board, committee and leadership meetings, including minute taking and action tracking
• Supporting governance processes and maintaining accurate records and documentation
• Organising stakeholder meetings, events and leadership activities while building strong collaborative relationships across the organisation
• Supporting organisational projects and continuous improvement.

What will you be good at?

We’re looking for someone who will bring:

• Significant experience in an Executive Assistant, PA or senior administrative support role
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong experience supporting senior meetings, including minute taking and action management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative and relationship-focused approach
• Confidence using Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• The ability to work independently, use initiative and handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion

Experience supporting Boards, Trustees or governance processes would be advantageous, as would experience within healthcare, charity or hospice settings.

Our Values

At St Margaret’s Hospice, our values guide everything we do. We are:

• Compassionate: Kindness and care for everyone, every day
• Collaborative: One team, working together for one goal
• Ambitious: Striving for better, now and into the future.

If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you.

Why join St Margaret’s Hospice?

You won’t just be joining a fantastic team — you’ll become part of a welcoming, community-minded charity making a real difference every day.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment alongside a range of benefits including:

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year and increasing with length of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees may be eligible to continue their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees receive 6% employer and 5% employee contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

Including:

• 24/7 GP consultations
• Wellbeing and health support
• Confidential counselling
• Legal, financial and medical advice
• Expert case management support for employees and families

Additional benefits

• Life assurance cover – 2x salary
• Health Cash Plan
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free onsite parking at Taunton and Yeovil
• Opportunities to volunteer and support fundraising initiatives

*Eligibility criteria apply

Next Steps

To apply, please click the Apply Now button to complete an application form. Applications will be reviewed as part of our shortlisting process.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

If you’d like an informal conversation about the role before applying, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Katie Dominy at Katie.Dominy@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

For questions about the recruitment process or to request reasonable adjustments, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

The Interview Process

Interviews will take place in person at our Taunton Hospice and will include:

• Competency-based interview questions
• A planning exercise
• A minute-taking exercise

These activities are designed to reflect the type of work involved in the role and help us understand your skills and experience.

Closing date for applications: 11th May 2026

Interview date 23rd, 25th, and 30th June

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!