Job Description
Badminton England is the National Governing Body for badminton in England and has recently won the prestigious BT Sport Industry award of ‘Governing Body of the Year 2015’.

We are dedicated to promoting the sport of badminton by enabling more people to play badminton and giving those with talent the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our vision is to consistently produce Olympic Champions and get the nation playing badminton.

Based at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes, BADMINTON England is also home to the GB Performance Programme, which has the aim of consistently achieving medals at World and Olympic level.

Badminton England is led by a team of passionate and highly motivated professional staff and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds, with vast experience from within and outside the world of badminton, who are committed to living our values of Focus, Ambition, Courage and Teamwork.

To help provide cover for maternity leave we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant/Personal Assistant to join our Chief Executive’s office, based at the National Badminton Centre, on a 12 month fixed term temporary contract.

    The successful candidate will need to have:

 Experience of being an Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant at Chief Executive/Board level
 Knowledge of governance structures, ideally gained from a sporting national governing body
 Excellent IT skills (full range of MS Office), together with effective minute taking skills
 Experience or understanding of event management, preferably with prior experience of looking after senior officials/VIPs etc
 Experience of working independently, with the ability to forward plan, managing continually changing priorities always to deadline
 Ability to work flexibly including occasional unsociable hours
 Successfully demonstrate their commitment to our values of Focus, Ambition, Courage and Teamwork

How to apply
More information and application details can be found on our website by following this link:
http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/jobs.asp?section=18§ionTitle=Jobs#.VYp7nvlVikp
The closing date for applications is 10 am Monday 13th July 2015. Interviews will take place on Monday 27th July 2015 at the National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes

For an informal discussion regarding this position please contact Charleane Taylor, Executive Assistant to CEO, Email: charleanetaylor@badmintonengland.co.uk phone: 01908 268400