Executive Assistant/Administrator

Collinson Grant is a management consultancy, working with leading businesses throughout Europe and North America, and for public sector organisations. We help clients throughout the world to improve efficiency and profitability. Our work usually focuses on organisation, process, people, and costs. We restructure complex businesses in many sectors; turn around performance at struggling operations; improve efficiency in the public sector; and secure better returns from investments. Some of our previous clients include Balfour Beatty, Caterpillar, Channel 4, Home Office, Imperial Tobacco, Jaguar Land Rover, NHS, Rolls Royce, and The AA.

We have been supporting clients to manage their people since we started in business more than 50 years ago. We are a third-generation family business providing excellent long-lasting careers to our employees.

Our HR consultants and employment specialists bring years of experience to their assignments, providing a comprehensive HR management service and professional advice on all aspects of employment law. We work in all sectors – with global corporations, regional and national companies, and owner-managed businesses.

About the position

We require an enthusiastic Executive Assistant/Administrator to provide high quality support to a team of our consultants.

Salary : £37,000

Benefits : Company pension, Bupa private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday plus public holidays

Hours : Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 5.30 pm

Responsibilities

Assisting a team of skilled consultants, directors and employment lawyers you will be:

• Preparing accurate letters, proposals and reports
• Managing diaries, arranging appointments and booking lunches
• Protecting the interest of Collinson Grant and our clients
• Ensuring processes are completed in full and correctly from start to finish
• Organising travel and hotel accommodation
• Maintaining databases and data cleansing
• Ensuring standards of written work and service to customers are always maintained
• Liaising with clients
• Answering the telephone
• Photocopying and binding
• Helping to organise events
• Supporting other administrators
• Assisting with the management of our facilities
• Generating CVs for internal recruitment positions

About you

You must:

• have a hands-on approach to work and be willing to assist with a range of tasks
• be able to work to tight deadlines and to prioritise your workload
• have excellent communication skills
• be an advanced user of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and be proficient in the rest of the Microsoft Office programmes. Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and InDesign would be good
• have a flexible approach to workload and hours of work
• be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle
• be educated to A-Level and GCSE (B grade and above) standard and ideally have a degree
• be able to produce excellent quality written work
• be looking for a long-long-term position
• have a high attention to detail.