Executive Officer

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Executive Officer

Location: Loughborough Magistrates, LE11 1AZ

Working Hours: 37 hours Monday - Friday

Working Pattern: 9:00am - 5:00pm

Pay rate: £14.01 per hour

If you're someone who enjoys making things run smoothly-planning, coordinating, and solving problems calmly under pressure-this is a brilliant opportunity to support the delivery of judicial training events. You'll help bring high-quality learning experiences to life across multiple jurisdictions, working closely with senior stakeholders and internal teams.

What you'll be doing:

* Plan allocation and lead end-to-end delivery of a range of judicial training events within the Judicial College Training Programme

* Organise events in line with established policies and procedures-using initiative to resolve issues proactively

* Manage your own time and priorities autonomously, delivering multiple events at different stages

* Collaborate flexibly across teams and jurisdictions to keep the programme moving

* Build strong relationships with judicial training leads and specialist College teams throughout each event's life cycle

* Negotiate and influence other teams (often at senior level) to ensure training is delivered effectively

* Use databases and information sources (including JCL) to support planning, accurate audience lists, attendance and fees, and data collation/analysis

* Capture and reflect on feedback, then identify service improvements for future events

* Support quality assurance across your activities and those of other teams, ensuring accuracy and timeliness

* Liaise with internal and external venue providers to secure cost-effective, high-quality venues and the right setup

* Proactively handle venue issues/complaints and raise concerns where needed

* Arrange catering and other event support through external companies when required

* Make evidence-based decisions on capacity, including recommending cancellations when necessary

* Support judicial delegates directly-resolving queries, and negotiating reasonable adjustments requests

* Support delivery on-site and online events, including potential overnight stays

* Ensure appropriate use of IT/AV equipment at events

* Complete finance and fees tasks accurately and on time

What you'll bring:

* Confident communication skills-comfortable speaking with and presenting information to senior stakeholders

* A self-starter mindset: takes initiative and works independently with minimal supervision

* Proactive problem-solving-identifies what needs doing and finds solutions

* Strong work ethic and reliability (a "can-do" approach)

* Ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and stay positive under pressure

* Results-driven ownership-focused on delivering outcomes

* Strong emotional intelligence, with the ability to negotiate and influence internal and external stakeholders

* Experience managing complex prioritisation across multiple activities at once

* Excellent customer service skills

* Experience navigating and managing online systems

* Ability to collaborate effectively, while also working independently when needed

* Flexibility and resilience to deal with organisational and event issues

Additional information:

If you're successful in your application a BASIC DBS will be required as part of the on-boarding checks with Brook Street.

If you're ready to bring your planning, people skills and calm problem-solving to an important programme, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this Executive Officer opportunity in Loughborough.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you. 

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.