Personal Assistant to Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
| Posting date: | 29 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 May 2026 |
| Location: | St Austell, Not recorded, PL25 4FD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2fb1e33e-81c7-47c3-ac76-ed21f22a884e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a highly capable Personal Assistant to deliver comprehensive, confidential, and proactive executive support to the Chief Executive Officer. This role is central to the effective leadership and governance of the Trust and requires an individual who can manage complex priorities, exercise discretion, and operate confidently at senior level.
The postholder will be responsible for full diary and meeting management, acting as a key gatekeeper to the CEO, and ensuring effective forward planning across executive commitments. The role includes preparing agendas, briefing papers, reports, presentations, and correspondence, as well as supporting strategic Trust‑wide projects and tracking actions arising from executive and governance decisions.
Working closely with the Chair of Trustees, board members, and governance professionals, the PA to the CEO will coordinate the preparation and distribution of governance papers, take high‑quality minutes, and monitor actions to ensure timely completion. The role also acts as a primary point of contact between the CEO and senior leaders, trustees, and a range of external stakeholders including regulatory bodies and professional advisers.
In addition, the role involves overseeing confidential records and document management, coordinating executive travel and events, supporting inspections and audits, and ensuring effective information flow across the Trust. Absolute confidentiality, professionalism, and attention to detail are essential.
For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.
What the school offers its staff
Health & Wellbeing
Pension
Training & Development
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free Parking
Further details about the role
Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and a Special Academy.
We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.
We Aim To
• Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
• Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
• We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
• Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.
• Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.
Commitment to safeguarding
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online checks may be carried out.
We are seeking a highly capable Personal Assistant to deliver comprehensive, confidential, and proactive executive support to the Chief Executive Officer. This role is central to the effective leadership and governance of the Trust and requires an individual who can manage complex priorities, exercise discretion, and operate confidently at senior level.
The postholder will be responsible for full diary and meeting management, acting as a key gatekeeper to the CEO, and ensuring effective forward planning across executive commitments. The role includes preparing agendas, briefing papers, reports, presentations, and correspondence, as well as supporting strategic Trust‑wide projects and tracking actions arising from executive and governance decisions.
Working closely with the Chair of Trustees, board members, and governance professionals, the PA to the CEO will coordinate the preparation and distribution of governance papers, take high‑quality minutes, and monitor actions to ensure timely completion. The role also acts as a primary point of contact between the CEO and senior leaders, trustees, and a range of external stakeholders including regulatory bodies and professional advisers.
In addition, the role involves overseeing confidential records and document management, coordinating executive travel and events, supporting inspections and audits, and ensuring effective information flow across the Trust. Absolute confidentiality, professionalism, and attention to detail are essential.
For a full list of duties, please see the job description below.
What the school offers its staff
Health & Wellbeing
Pension
Training & Development
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free Parking
Further details about the role
Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies (including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) and a Special Academy.
We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.
We Aim To
• Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• Give access to the National Curriculum; provide opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes.
• Ensure all pupils are supported to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and work positively within their community.
• We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires.
• Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies.
• Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.
Commitment to safeguarding
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online checks may be carried out.