Executive Assistant To C-Suite

Your new company
A growing non-profit organisation based 20 minutes outside the city centre are seeking an enthusiastic and established Executive Assistant to support their Chief Exec and members of their senior leadership team. Servicing the local community and providing critical support, this is a truly exciting time to join an organisation that is going through transformation, growth and is fundamentally committed to implementing real change to its customers!
Your new role
Working closely with the Chief Executive plus providing support to 2 Executive Directors, your role will consist of complex diary management, being a point of contact for external enquiries directed to the Chief Exec, general 1-2-1 administrative support, as well as monitoring busy inboxes. Due to ongoing organisational change, you will be servicing multidisciplinary meetings which incorporate external shareholders inclusive of coordination, agenda and meeting pack distribution, minute-taking and action log distribution. You will take ownership of correspondence, preparation of board reports, as well as financial administration for director expenditure. Moreover, you will be the friendly and welcoming initial point of contact internally for the CEO, and senior leadership team!
What you'll need to succeed
This busy and exciting role will suit an enthusiastic and engaging character that thrives in busy environments! You will be comfortable managing your own workload whilst addressing conflicting priorities that have internal and external influences. You will be meticulously organised and pride yourself on your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Initiative is key for this post; you will be anticipating needs in advance and ensure all correspondence is readily available for the days ahead. You will be used to working to deadlines and be available with immediate notice or at short notice for this post. Used to working with senior leadership, you will be confident in managing upwards where necessary, and be an expert in your field. Your IT skills will be of a good standard, and you will have an excellent eye for detail to enable you to proofread effectively! In order to service committees and boards, you will have a flexible attitude to working patterns and understand at some points in the month, your hours may be slightly different.
What you'll get in return
You will be working with an organisation that is going through an exciting, transformative time! Your working hours will be 35 hours per week, traditionally working 9am - 5pm, with some flexibility for committees. You will have 28 days of annual leave, plus the 8 bank holidays PLUS an extra 3 days over Christmas! This then increases with service. You will have access to enhanced pension, maternity and sick pay schemes, as well as dependency leave. Long service awards, annual salary reviews, excellent on-site facilities, and a salary of £33,500 which can be negotiable on experience. This is an outstanding opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated EA to thrive!
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