Executive Partner to the CEO

Care Planner Ltd; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care technology provider is looking for an Executive Partner to the CEO in Bournemouth. The role is crucial in managing the CEO's attention and decision-making processes. Responsibilities include acting as a gatekeeper, preparing meeting briefs, and building relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have high emotional intelligence, strategic thinking skills, and operational mastery. Competitive salary and benefits include extra leave, private medical insurance, and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Extra paid day off for birthday

Private Medical Insurance

Pension

Referral Bonus

Wellbeing platform access

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• High emotional intelligence and ability to build trust at all levels.
• Strong understanding of organizational dynamics and commercial levers.
• Exceptionally good at planning and prioritizing complex tasks.
• Clear and professional communication skills.
• Resourceful problem-solver in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted executive partner to the CEO.
• Manage the CEO’s time for high-leverage activities.
• Ensure the CEO is properly briefed for important meetings.
• Filter and prioritize critical information.
• Build credibility with stakeholders.

Skills

Executive Presence

Strategic Thinking

Operational Mastery

Communication Excellence

Problem-Solving

Job description

Job Title: Executive Partner to the CEO - Mat Cover

Reporting To: CEO / People and Culture Director

Location: Bournemouth

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full Time 37.5 hours a week

Our Purpose

Nourish Care provides a digital solution to the health and social care sector which improves the process of recording, analysing, and sharing of information. We seek to enhance and simplify care in equal measures; To harness the power of care management software to improve the lives of people who need care and those who provide it.

We are in the midst of one of the most exciting times in our history and while we are the current market leader in the sector, we will not be complacent. We are dedicated to our purpose of a better life for everyone. We continue to revolutionise the care sector and our incredible employees are what make this possible.

Purpose of the Role

To act as a trusted executive partner to the CEO, reducing cognitive load, protecting energy and focus, and enabling consistently high-quality decision-making by ensuring that time, information, travel, and governance interactions are deliberately designed rather than reactively managed.

This role moves beyond task execution into anticipation, judgment, and orchestration.

Strategic Time & Attention Management

Objective: Protect the CEO’s attention for the highest-leverage activities.

• Act as the primary gatekeeper of the CEO’s time.
• Differentiate between governance, strategic, operational, and low-value interactions.
• Design and enforce barriers to access.
• Proactively reshape the diary to include preparation, transition, and recovery time.
• Review diary patterns and recommend improvements.

Meeting Briefing & Decision Support

Objective: Ensure the CEO enters important meetings properly briefed.

• Identify meetings requiring preparation.
• Produce concise briefing packs covering purpose, outcomes, attendees, context, risks, and decision prompts.
• Synthesise input across finance, product, people, legal, and governance.
• Track decisions and follow-ups.

Governance & Organisational Context

• Understand governance structures and decision rights.
• Ensure preparation aligns with governance expectations.
• Filter inbound requests by relevance.
• Support governance cadence.

Travel Experience & Energy Design

• Own end-to-end travel orchestration.
• Optimise itineraries to protect energy.
• Prepare clear travel packs.
• Anticipate fatigue and recovery needs.

Information Curation & Signal Filtering

• Filter and prioritise information.
• Reduce noise via summarisation.
• Set norms for information presentation.
• Track strategic themes and follow-through.

Relationship & Trust Interface

• Act as a trusted extension of the CEO.
• Build credibility with Board, SLT, and stakeholders.
• Manage expectations and confidentiality.

Ways of Working

• High autonomy and judgment.
• Bias toward brevity and anticipation.
• Comfortable with ambiguity.
• Focused on leverage.

What This Role Is Not

• Not inbox clearing.
• Not reactive admin.
• Not decision substitution.

Success looks like fewer but better meetings, better decisions, lower cognitive load, seamless travel, and protected creative space.

Key Competencies & Attributes

• Executive Presence & Relationship Building
  High EQ, diplomacy, confidentiality, and the ability to build trust at all levels. Influences without authority; creates calm, clarity, and structure around the CEO.
• Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen
  Understands how organisations operate — financials, people dynamics, commercial levers. Able to frame issues, evaluate options, and propose structured recommendations.
• Operational Mastery & Organisation
  Exceptionally strong at planning, prioritising, and bringing order to complexity. Comfortable managing multiple workflows across different levels of urgency.
• Communication Excellence
  Writes and speaks clearly, concisely, and professionally. Distils complexity into simple narratives tailored to different audiences.
• Problem‑Solving & Initiative
  A resourceful “fixer” who anticipates issues, removes blockers, and creates solutions. Thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Nourish Benefits:

• 25 days basic annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
• Incremental leave benefit of 1 extra day per completed year of service, up to 5 extra days (max 30 days plus bank holidays).
• Extra paid day off for your birthday
• Paid days off for volunteering opportunities
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension
• Referral Bonus
• Health and Wellbeing platform including access to 24/7 GP & 24/7 EAP
• Counselling and support
• Variable impact workouts
• Wellbeing videos including prompts for healthy behaviours
• Wellbeing, care and compassion leave policies
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Career Development opportunities and regular reviews
• Recognition and Rewards
• Social Events throughout the year

All positions at Nourish are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and receipt of the appropriate Right to Work documents.

Nourish is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and embrace differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities and styles.

The different skills, experiences and backgrounds our employees bring to their roles creates a diverse and makes Nourish a special place to work