JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Job opportunity: Personal Secretary

Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Job opportunity: Personal Secretary

Job opportunity: Personal Secretary to the Chief Executive

A key role in building grassroots support for the pro-life movement in the UK

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) www.spuc.org.uk is keen to recruit a Personal Secretary to the Chief Executive based at its London HQ. The post is part-time (15-25 hours per week, negotiable). Salary details available on request.

The role:

Applicants must have:

an absolute commitment to the pro-life cause
a minimum of 3 years’ experience working at director/board level
be able to cope with a wide range of secretarial responsibilities.

Duties will include:

drafting letters
taking dictation
maintaining a filing system
assisting in making travel arrangements
photocopying and printing.

Advanced word-processing and shorthand skills essential. You must enjoy working under pressure and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

The deadline for applications is Mon 7 July 2014.

For more information or to receive an application form please contact:
Patrick Kingman, SPUC, Unit B, 3 Whitacre Mews, London, SE11 4AB. Email: patrickkingman@spuc.org.uk Telephone: 020 7820 3121

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About Me

I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.