Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £40,517.92– £45,000 per annum

Closing Date: 29 September 2025

Interviews will be held w/c 06 October 2025

Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About Centrepoint

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading charity working to end youth homelessness and our vision is to achieve this by 2037. This means driving down the number of young people threatened by homelessness each year to a frictional number, ensuring there is exemplary support for those who still experience homelessness, and creating effective pathways to independent living for these young people.

We are bold and imaginative in our approach and relentless in our ambition for young people.  

About the Role

We’re seeking a highly organised, discreet, and dynamic Personal Assistant to support our Chief Executive in driving this mission forward.

As the Personal Assistant to the CEO, you’ll be at the heart of Centrepoint’s strategic engine. You’ll manage a fast-paced and high-profile workload, ensuring the CEO is fully supported to lead effectively. From diary and inbox management to preparing high-quality briefings and coordinating logistics, your role will be pivotal in enabling the CEO execute our strategy to end youth homelessness by 2037.

The role is predominantly office based, with flexibility to work from home up to two days per week.

About the team

This role sits within the Governance & CEO Office. This small but agile team provides high-level support to our Chief Executive and the Board of Trustees. We ensure the CEO’s office runs smoothly and strategically, enabling both the CEO and the Board to focus on delivering our ambitious vision.

About You

• An experienced PA with at least two years’ experience supporting at a senior leadership level.
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and diplomacy.
• A confident communicator who can liaise effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital tools.
• Calm under pressure, adaptable, and solutions-focused.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the first point of contact for the CEO’s office, triaging requests and maintaining professional and timely communications.
• Managing the CEO’s diary, correspondence and workload, balancing competing priorities.
• Preparing and coordinating high-quality briefings for to ensure the CEO is well prepared in advance of meetings and engagements.
• Organising logistics for travel, events and projects, ensuring seamless execution.
• Maintaining systems and processes to keep the CEO’s office running efficiently.

What We’re Looking For

• An experienced PA with at least two years’ experience supporting at a senior leadership level.
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and diplomacy.
• A confident communicator who can liaise effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital tools.
• Calm under pressure, adaptable, and solutions-focused.

Why Join Centrepoint

Centrepoint is a bold an ambitious organisation where you will contribute ending youth homelessness in the UK for good.

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Healthcare cash plan (covering costs of dental, optical, complementary and alternative therapies)
• Income protection
• Death in service protection equivalent to 3 times your salary
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive – click ‘Apply’ now!