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About the Role

Provide highly organized, proactive, and forward-looking project and administrative support to the GLA’s UEFA EURO 2028 Core Team across a range of areas including city operations, stakeholder management, fan festivals, social impact, and volunteering. Provide secretariat support to the GLA’s governance structure, working groups, project lead, and senior managers. Act as a central coordination point for corporate tasks including internal project reporting, freedom of information requests, and correspondence to the Mayor and GLA officials.

Responsibilities

Support the EURO 2028 Core Team with administration, events, meetings, stakeholder visits, project systems, and team cohesion.
Provide diary and administrative support to the Project Lead, Senior Managers, and EURO 2028 team.
Track, monitor, and manage project actions against targets, taking ownership and management of project issues, and undertaking follow-up actions.
Arrange meetings, including scheduling, booking rooms, and ordering catering or equipment, ensuring outcome-focused meetings with clear agendas and actions.
Circulate meeting documentation and follow up on agreed actions to drive accountability.
Liaise with stakeholders including London Boroughs, London Sport, UEFA, and The FA, maintaining excellent working relationships.
Coordinate, manage, and plan consultation and stakeholder events, and communications activities.
Support the EURO 2028 Business Manager with procurement and financial processes to ensure timely payments.

Requirements

Demonstrable experience of supporting project delivery.
Strong communication skills and experience of working to demanding deadlines.
Experience of working with a range of stakeholders.
Experience of using Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Experience of tracking actions, risks, and dependencies across projects using structured systems or tools.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Experience of proactively managing multiple priorities within a busy environment.
Understanding of operating in a politically sensitive environment and handling communications within it.

Skills

Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel)
Action tracking
Risk management
Dependency management
Stakeholder management
Communication
Attention to detail
Prioritization

Location

Union street / hybrid working

Work Type

Full Time
Fixed term contract
Hybrid working

Experience Level

Not specified

Education Level

Not specified

Salary/Compensations

£48,427 per annum

Benefits

30 days’ annual leave
Interest-free season ticket loan
Interest-free bicycle loan
Career average pension scheme

About the Company

Working for City Hall makes a difference to the lives of Londoners. Our staff are at the centre of long-term planning and development for our great city.
Strategy and Communications sits at the centre of the organisation, bringing together several teams with organisation-wide remits and mutual collaboration opportunities. The work of the directorate’s teams includes delivery of major events, designing and leading public affairs or marketing campaigns, providing data, evidence and analysis, leading cross-organisational programmes, to making sure we plan for and can respond to emerging events or emergencies in our city.
EURO 2028 sits within the GLA Major Sport Events Team.

Equal Opportunity

London's diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share.
Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview.
Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible.