Executive Assistant - (Research, & Services and Devolved Nations)

Location (UK): Office Hybrid* - London Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per weekSalary: £43,580 per annum (London) Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offerContract type: Fixed-term (6 months) Travel: Occasional travel in London and to SheffieldClosing date: 23:59 hours, Wednesday 29 April 2026

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

You will be working within our central administration and governance team to provide excellent proactive executive support to our Directors and Board of Trustees.

About the role

We are looking for someone who is proactive, able to use their initiative and with experience of co-ordinating meetings including managing agendas, disseminating documents and taking minutes.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Experience of working, building and sustaining effective relationships with internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Experience of working within a complex fast paced environment.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to operate autonomously and as part of a team.

How to apply

You must be based, and hold the right to work, in the UK to apply for this position. 

We are pleased to be working in partnership with Merrifield Consultants on this recruitment campaign. 
 
To apply you MUST submit: 
•    a concise and up-to-date CV to claire.stevens@merrifieldconsultants.co.uk 

If you have a health condition that prevents you from following the steps above, please email us regarding alternative ways to apply.

Interview

Interviews expected to take place on Friday 1 May 2026 at our London office.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.

About us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.
There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is OK. Arthritis UK is here to change that.

Arthritis UK is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Read more about working for us.

Arthritis UK is a Registered Charity No: 207711 and in Scotland No. SC041156.