Smart, entrepreneurial, digitally literate? Be a partner to the CEO, and grow a purpose-driven, award-winning health tech and social innovation agency.
Salary: £45-£65K pro rata
(dependent on experience), plus benefits shaped around you.
Full-time with optional
4-day week
Flexible working, typically:
1 – 2 days in Sussex (close to Haywards Heath)
2 days work from home
1 - 2 days in London with the project teams and meetings
The details would be agreed together.
This will vary, with occasional travel, mostly within the UK, to participate in meetings and client events alongside the CEO and project teams.
If you are interested, email clairecater@thesocialkinetic.com
Send a cover note or letter saying why you are interested in the role, tell us about yourself and include your CV, availability/notice period and salary expectations by Thursday 8th of December. We promise to be in touch within 1-3 days.
Ideally, we are looking for someone to start as soon as possible. Most important is finding the right person.
This is an ideal role for you if you:
Thrive working closely with the CEO, at the centre of a small business that punches above its weight and operates at the same level as its large international counterparts.
Are keen to learn
Enjoy getting the detail and the business in shape. Keen to be part of growing the next stage of our journey while making a positive difference with the work you do.
Enjoy working with a small team that works on a handful of projects at any one time, together with a brilliant network or specialist partners and associates.
A confident, proactive problem solver, supremely organised, who enjoys working with digital tools and systems too. The ideal person will have worked with C-suite leaders in a fast-paced organisation, ideally a management consultancy or strategic agency environment.
You will be the right hand to the CEO
Managing the diary and business functions, managing, and coordinating new business, expert delivery teams and partners, marketing and social media.
Building relationships and liaising with connections, clients and the team/associates and the partners we work with. Designing and producing presentations for speaker engagements, workshops, and meetings. Maintaining and growing our beloved network. Occasionally, going with the CEO to key meetings – online and face to face. Making her life and the business run brilliantly.
Co-ordinating new business tenders and expert teams delivering our client work. From expert researchers and strategists to UX designers, experts in technology and health, brand, communications and campaign specialists.
About The Role
Manage the diary and make things tick
Manage the diary and time of the CEO, including her relationships and networks
Support her in planning and coordinating new business, client projects, teams and support functions/business admin
Join meetings and follow up on important actions and support the coordination of client projects
Support the CEO in her role as Chair of the Charity - ‘Stories for Life’
Maintain the CRM of contacts
Organise and coordinate travel
Co-ordinating the business functions
Coordinate internal governance meetings for the business: strategy updates with our support teams/partners we work with: finance, HR, contracts and marketing. Key project meetings and reporting.
Manage expenses and liaise with the accounts team
Manage and support the people and teams we work with
Bi-monthly/quarterly: Manage and coordinate our Sounding Board of experts and SK Family Network events – breakfast events, the occasional away days. Online and face to face
Marketing and Social Media
Coordinate marketing and social media support for the company newsletter and occasional speaker engagements. Ensuring we remain visible and our thought leadership current.
Design and produce presentations - typically in Canva
About You
Experience:
At least 3-5 years working in a similar role. Experience working in an SME/consultancy or busy professional services team that works with high-profile clients and projects is important
Experience in supporting a senior Director or CEO
Exceptional literacy and communication skills
The ability to work with a wide range of people and partners – we work with C suite clients across National and local government and the private sector (nationally and internationally). In addition to a wide range of professionals/partners and specialists. From researchers to academics, UX designers and strategists.
Excellent computer/digital skills and keenness to keep learning.
We use the following: Zoho systems (e.g. CRM and project management and recruitment), Microsoft office, excel, Canva, Miro, Zoom, Teams and engagement platforms
Ability to demonstrate initiative, recommend where we can improve, do things differently, find resources and expertise to fill important needs
Diplomatic management of people and relationships
Confidence in decision-making and prioritisation
Excellent time management and attention to detail
Confident self-starter, able to work proactively, think ahead and multitask in a fast-moving environment
Experience in putting together smart, high quality and well-designed presentations
An interest in or experience of human centred design would be an advantage although not essential
Qualifications:
Educated to degree level. However, experience, track record and skills are most important.
You will thrive if you are:
Calm and organised, with the ability to plan ahead, adjust and adapt
Enquiring. Someone who keeps learning and exploring potential, whether it’s how to create a better place to work, or support our clients and partners in better ways
Driven, energetic and entrepreneurial
A strong team player and someone who likes to give back
Collaborative, flexible and supportive of others
Interested in creating positive social impact and current affairs
We are committed to making a positive difference in the world. This is a role where the right individual can grow and play a pivotal role in the future of the company. Where when we achieve success, there will be potential to share in the reward/recognition and financial profits too.
WHY US:
We are an award-winning, welcoming team of smart, creative minds, strategic thinkers and technical specialists, with a proven track record of delivering brilliant outcomes together with our clients.
● We have a tight core team that brings together specialist teams to work on our projects. So you will be exposed to great work, inspiring minds and learning.
● We value people with ideas and opinions, we want to hear them.
● Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in.
● We believe everyone in the team has a role to play in creating a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture, enabling us to positively impact society through our work.
THE SOCIAL KINETIC WAY
Values:
HUMAN-CENTRICITY – We care about humans. Co-delivering with and for them underpins everything we do. Valuing and respecting each other.
IMPACT – We hold ourselves to the highest standards, pursuing impact with a deep level of rigour.
CURIOSITY – We’re constantly learning, knowing there’s always another way of looking at things by asking the right questions.
COLLABORATION – We believe in co-design, co-creation, co-navigation and co-delivery. Nothing done in silos or isolation.
Based in London & Sussex
SK has always benefited from a base in London and Sussex. Where and how we work is important. Having space in which to think, collaborate and get creative are all key. We have the benefits of flexible spaces so that we can work together, safely and separately in peace when we need to.
Just one of our Sussex working spaces
Work in the garden in Sussex
SK family and friend's breakfasts
Getting there
It is important to work together safely face to face with a combination of remote and flexible working. Our offices are cleaned daily, and we work to the government’s social-distancing guidelines. If you live locally, you can drive (or cycle!) to our both offices.
LONDON.
We work from various co-working spaces in the heart of the city, generally with easy access to London Bridge Station (Mainline rail, Northern and Jubilee lines).
SUSSEX.
76 High Street Ardingly, Haywards Heath RH17 6TD.
Conveniently located 10 minutes from Haywards Heath train station. If you come by train, we can arrange a taxi service to collect and drop you back. You can travel directly from London Bridge, London Victoria, London St Pancras, London Blackfriars, London Farringdon (all the Thameslink stops), East Croydon, Clapham Junction and Brighton. Trains are quiet coming here, and you’ll always get a seat. There will potentially be a company pool car in Sussex too, so you can get out and about at lunchtimes.
Food is important to us!
In both London and Sussex we have the benefits of an open-plan kitchens where you can help yourself to anything you need from a light salad to a sandwich or a smoothie. You can rustle up a quick lunch on your own or over a conversation with the team.
We love our coffee and enjoy a fresh, barista style brew every day thanks to our much loved artisan machines.
Once a week we have a team breakfast or lunch, and like to celebrate our achievements and milestones with homemade cake and tea...or gin. We’re fond of fizz too.
We’re into wellbeing
Our Sussex office is 5 minutes from the South of England Show Ground which makes for beautiful lunchtime walks and quiet thinking space.
Once a month we have a team ‘Pause and Reflect’ where we go for a walk around Wakehurst Place just a 5-minute drive away or around Ardingly Reservoir.
We have a rooftop terrace overlooking London and open garden space in Sussex and provide laptop screen covers, so we can enjoy some Vitamin D whilst getting on with our important work!
Interested? Get in touch!
clairecater@thesocialkinetic.com
+44 (0) 77 3499 5807
+44 (0) 20 3397 1141
This is a golden oldie - but still gives you a good feel for SK!
Are you expert? Do you like to do good?
If you have the talent, experience and skills and thrive when you’re creating solutions that bring joy, improve bottom lines, quality, efficiency & the lives they touch - then we would love to hear from you.
We can promise you a great working environment, a learning and respectful culture.
We’re really looking forward to hearing from you, and welcome any questions you may have.