Salary : National from £25,000 to £28,000 and London £27,500 to £31,000

Are you interested in supporting a team which influences the way the FCA works?

The Team / Department

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated PBS to support the three teams that will be working on how firms’ respond to the sanctions arising from the Ukraine war. The successful candidate will provide secretarial and administrative support to a Senior Manager and the three teams.

What you will be doing

• Providing diary, secretarial and general administrative help to a Senior Manager, three Managers and their teams
• Scheduling internal and external meetings, on-site visits, preparing soft-copy meeting packs, organising travel and room bookings
• Ongoing engagement with the Financial Crime sanctions team and Firms to manage information requests and ensure the receipt of information and material requested
• Uploading documents into SharePoint from Egress workspace or other IT systems
• Liaising effectively with the people you are working with and other internal and external stakeholders to manage diaries, so they are up to date and well organised
• Organising and preparing documents, which can include preparing agendas, taking internal meeting notes and recording actions

What you will get from the role

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are :

25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

Private healthcare with Bupa

A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)

Life assurance of eight times your basic salary

Income protection

We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations.

The skills and experience you will have

Minimum

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, who best meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Essential

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses and the economy as a whole. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisations. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from men, disabled and minority ethnic candidates for our professional support role.

Flexible working

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we won’t judge you for asking.

Multi-location

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices. This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.

Useful information

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role please contact :

For internal applicants, please contact Linda Bradley at k

For external applicants, please contact Chhavi Bartaria at k

What to expect from our interview process

Application support

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.

Security Clearance / Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

Please note that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.