GCHQ is a key partner organisation within the National Cyber Force (NCF). This is an exciting time to join our new NCF headquarters and play a key role in supporting its establishment. As a Senior Business Enabler, you’ll help develop new, strategic ways of working, build and develop stakeholder relationships and ultimately ensure the NCF has what it needs to operate smoothly.

You’ll be joining one of our business areas requiring support, staying there for a minimum of two years, allowing you to develop a deep understanding of what’s required and make tangible contributions. You’ll be the key point of contact for internal and cross-team communications and handle sensitive information with discretion. Importantly, you’ll be pivotal in establishing the success of our new NCF headquarters. Depending on your role, you might be helping implement business strategies alongside other departments, liaising with various stakeholders, organising and co-ordinating team building and training events, or communicating key messages to colleagues through the appropriate channels.

One of these roles could be an executive assistant, where you will play a crucial role in providing administrative support to senior staff, managing a variety of day-to-day tasks. This could include being responsible for maintaining and coordinating calendars, ensuring that meetings, travel arrangements, and correspondence are efficiently organised.

Upon joining you’ll receive a complete induction to GCHQ and the NCF, as well as training and further opportunities for learning and development relevant to your role and interests.

Ours is an open, inclusive workplace where you’ll find a range of sport, interest and social clubs as well as a number of growing affinity groups including ethnic minority and gender equality networks, wellbeing, mental health, neurodiversity and disability groups, LGBTQ+ support groups and faith/no faith communities.

At GCHQ diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.

Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website.

Full-time and part-time hours available. Full-time roles are based on 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, with flexibility around start and finish times. Part-time roles are based on a minimum of 3 days per week. Compressed and flexible hours are also possible. This role requires you to spend a minimum of 60% of your time in the office.

What we are looking for

You don’t need a degree to apply, but you will have Maths and English Language GCSEs at minimum Grade C/4, and demonstrable experience in a similar role. You’ll also be confident using Microsoft Office tools including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You might be a recent graduate or seeking a career change – there’s no ‘type’ of person we recruit.

To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. You can apply at the age of 17 years, if successful you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. Full eligibility details can be found on our website.

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Additional job details

Workplace Hybrid, or partially remote

Location Samlesbury

(comprising of £41,386 basic salary and a £2,658 concessionary payment)

Contract, dates and working times

Full-time · Part-time

How to apply

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 11 August 2025

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At GCHQ, we unlock the complex world of data and communications to keep the UK and its citizens safe, both in the real world and online. Working closely with our British Intelligence partners in MI5 an MI6, we protect the UK from threats including serious organised crime, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. A role in GCHQ means you’ll have varied and fascinating work in a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.

The National Cyber Force (NCF) is a partnership between Defence and Intelligence. We operate in and through cyberspace to counter, disrupt, degrade and contest those who would do harm to the UK and our Allies, to keep the country safe and to protect and promote the UK’s interests at home and abroad.

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