Executive Assistant

Your new company
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a growing business as an EA. You will support the Director and the wider leadership team on a daily basis.

• Secretarial support to Director
• Overall responsibility for the proactive and day-to-day running of the Director's office.
• Proactively handling travel booking and organising meetings and co-ordinating the necessary preparation work / ensuring that the Director is adequately briefed
• Managing diaries, meeting requests and inbox.
• Producing meeting documents, minutes and agendas.
• Support with correspondence and preparing communication on behalf of the Director
• General administrative duties such as expenses, printing, photocopying and ordering stationery.
• Supporting other members of the senior team when required.
• Assisting the Director with the management of their direct reports, where required, setting tasks, meeting deadlines and organising reports.
• Preparing business documents and presentations for meetings, including sourcing some content.
• Ad-hoc business projects as and when required
• Liaising with and offering business support to the direct reports of the Director
• Developing and maintaining knowledge of the business including strategy, key projects, initiatives, customers and stakeholders
• Strategic support to the Director and their direct reports.
• Responsibility for and regular reviews of Country Management cost centre / budget

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience in a similar Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant role, ideally supporting senior leadership.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and virtual collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint).
• Ability to work with discretion, integrity and professionalism.
• Confident working independently as well as part of a wider team.
• Experience working within a service, operations, or field-based business

What you'll get in return
This is a permanent role, Monday to Friday 39.5 hours a week.
Salary up to £34k with a performance bonus of up to £1500
Parking
Modern offices

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