Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant - £55,000 - £60,000

A wonderful opportunity for an Executive Assistant to support the CEO at this small and friendly Corporate Head Office.  This is a temporary to permanent position, 9-5:30  Monday to Friday, based in offices near Piccadilly.

Working alongside a small administrative team; to ensure the smooth running of the office where the CEO and other C Suite members are based.  This is a high-profile position responsible for providing a high standard of administrative support and liaising with senior members of the business and the educational community globally. 

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate C Suite Executive Assistant experience having been responsible for both Business and Private duties.  The EA needs to be a strong team player, someone who possesses exceptional communication skills, is self-motivated and has a flexible attitude.  This position will suit someone who has a keen eye for detail, is thorough and can react to ever changing priorities and is happy working from the office.  Out of hours support is required on occasions.

Responsibilities include:

• Extensive, detailed diary management, both business and personal, among varied time zones

• Screening of calls and correspondence

• Collating papers for meetings, creating documents/ presentations as required

• Liaising with senior company executives and colleagues, within the UK and overseas

• Organising world-wide travel by commercial and private transport preparing detailed itineraries

• Ensuring all passports, travel documents and visas are in date and ready for use at short notice

• Diligently managing and paying bills and charges from private accounts; keeping track of accounts, expenditure and balances on excel spreadsheets

• Organising business and private events

• Ad hoc support with personal and domestic arrangements

• Booking of restaurants and hotels

IDA Recruitment Ltd specialises in office support recruitment across London. We work with sectors from Creative start-ups to Professional Service organisations. We have a great deal of experience of the London Market and throughout our careers have nurtured long term respectful relationships with candidates, enabling them to reach their potential. Due to high volumes we are unable to respond to every application. We expect to contact successful candidates within 5 working days.