Executive Assistant – West End - £60k
Office based, 09:30:17:30
Wise May are looking for an Executive Assistant to join our client, an extremely busy Investment company based in the West End.
Duties to include:
- Extensive prioritisation and inbox management.
- Arranging team meetings and updates
- Document & Presentation production
- Internal Social Media management
- Extensive travel arrangements including visas.
- Inbox monitoring and support with prioritization
- Expenses & Timesheets
- Delivering ad hoc personal support on the occasions when it is necessary, including for external charity/board commitments
- Liaison with internal departments to support the functioning of the team, including facilities, ICT, HR and finance.
Skills:
- An ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with others and within a dynamic team, often to short deadlines
- Strong interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Ability to take dictations and draft high-quality correspondence
- A high degree of discretion, with an understanding of the need for and importance of confidentiality in a highly sensitive environment
- Confidence to engage personally on a daily basis with the business’s most senior leaders and high-profile clients and contacts
- Excellent judgement and approach to situations, tasks and problems
- An ability to quickly but effectively deliver to tight deadlines, whilst remaining professional in a pressured environment
- A flexible outlook and approach, coupled with a real enthusiasm
- Excellent administration and IT skills, especially Outlook.
- An ability to embed themselves within the business to understand the firm’s strategy, direction and approach
- Proficiency in taking dictation is desirable
Benefits:
- Annual discretionary bonus based
- 25 days’ annual leave entitlement (excluding bank holidays) plus an additional day of leave for your birthday.
- Private Medical Insurance via Bupa for yourself and your dependants
- Family Leave policies - Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental & Adoption.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Headspace for Work membership.
- Financial wellbeing benefit schemes – Season Ticket Loan, Tenancy Deposit Loan and Cycle to Work.
- Eye Care – annual eye examination and contribution towards glasses.
- Annual Flu Vaccinations.
- Corporate Gym Memberships at discounted rates for local gyms.
- Daily breakfast and lunch served twice a week in our café.
- Lunch & Learn training sessions.
- Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
We would be keen to speak with anyone who has experience with diary management, travel arrangements and event coordination.