Senior Executive Assistant
- Posted 21 March 2024
- Salary £45,585 to 61,198
- LocationBirmingham
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Human Resources Recruitment
- ReferencePROF_45542
- Contact NameLiberty Parker
Job description
We are currently supporting a leading education provider in Birmingham, who are recruiting for a Senior Executive Assistant to cover a 12 month parental leave, starting from the end of May.
This is a full-time position (37.5 hours) with a salary band of £45,585-£61,198 and offers 1 day per week home working.
The successful candidate will need to display excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and have experience of supporting senior members of staff and undertaking a broad range of work, from project delivery to event management.
Duties will include (but are not limited to):
Providing a comprehensive support service to the CEO, including diary and event management, meeting and minuting support and organising overseas travel
Ensuring the effective and proactive management of mailboxes and a complex and challenging diary with a range of internal and high-profile external commitments, prioritising and planning the diary at least 12 months in advance
Producing documents, presentations, and briefings in relation to the work undertaken by the senior team, including undertaking desk research and sourcing, interpreting, and appropriately responding to information from internal and external stakeholders
Proactively preparing and collating high-quality meeting-related papers to ensure the effective sequencing of executive and non-executive committees, acting as an interface between senior colleagues
Providing high-quality committee support including taking clear and concise minutes and ensuring that any action points are followed up in a timely manner
Planning and arranging events, and organising high-profile visits by senior external stakeholders, working with a range of departments
Experience required:
Proven experience of working as a Personal/Executive Assistant at Board level in a complex organisation
Substantial experience of engaging, and collaborating, with internal and external stakeholders
Skills, knowledge and expertise required:
Outstanding organisational and administrative skills
The ability to complete tasks based on only broad direction and with minimum supervision
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire confidence and command authority with a range of colleagues and high-profile external contacts
Outstanding written communication skills, including the ability to write on behalf of the senior team for different audiences and to required deadlines
Ability to produce and analyse complex source material, information and data
Rewards and Benefits:
40 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
Generous pension scheme
Family friendly discounts and vouchers
Private health and dental options
Discounted gym memberships
EAP
Working hours:
37.5 hours per week
Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm
Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.
James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.
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