Executive Liaison Officer

Ref: 3515

Full time, permanent

Salary: £36,116.4

We are now seeking to appoint an Executive Liaison Officer to support the Chair of Council and Chief Officers of the British Medical Association (BMA) on a permanent, full-time appointment. This is a key role supporting decision-making and prioritisation at the heart of the BMA.

In this position, you will:

-support the Special Advisor to the Chief Officers, and work with the PA to the Chief Officers, to manage the flow of information to and from the Chair of Council

-produce correspondence and communications materials for the Chief Officers and ensure they are effectively supported through liaising with staff across the BMA on their behalves.

Key roles and duties and responsibilities:

-monitor and manage the Chair of Council`s email inbox - including through directing emails to teams across the BMA as appropriate and continuously prioritising information and tasks, and in collaboration with the PA to the Chief Officers

-manage the Chair of Council`s correspondence as appropriate, drafting responses to enquiries on policy and political issues and membership matters

-responsible for the co-ordination and timely production of the Chair of Council`s weekly newsletter (under the Special Advisor`s supervision)

-monitoring defined `listserver` digital discussion forums - ensuring that sensitive or significant messages are flagged to the Chief Officers as appropriate and that responses to postings directed at them are produced in a timely manner

-support the Special Advisor and other colleagues to produce articles, blogs and presentations on behalf of the Chair of Council, Deputy Chair of Council, Chair of the Representative Body and the Treasurer as required

-attend appropriate meetings alongside the Chair of Council and the other Chief Officers as required and in order to take notes and log actions and decisions

-assist the Special Advisor to manage the chair of council`s workflow through task management protocols and procedures

-co-ordinate the production of clear and concise policy briefings, ensuring that the perspectives of all relevant committees and teams throughout the Association are incorporated, as delegated by the Special Advisor

-liaise as appropriate with colleagues across the Association to ensure work commissioned by or on behalf of the Chief Officers is carried out promptly and effectively, and directly commission briefings and communications outputs as appropriate

As a BMA employee, you`ll receive:

-Generous annual leave provision, plus 1 company day and public holidays

-double matching pension contributions up to 12% of salary

-season ticket loan (up to £10,000) after completion of probationary period

-additional flexible benefits.

You may be working remotely initially, but we`ll provide all the support you need. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply through our website.

Diversity monitoring: We need your support. We want to make sure our staff come from a variety of backgrounds so we especially welcome applications from disadvantaged communities. Even if you`re not selected, it would be really helpful if you could complete the equal ops data when you apply for this role, because we can make sure we`re encouraging a diversity of people to apply. Thank you very much.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website