AddressSummary
About us
Dyson is growing fast and our ambition is huge – more categories, more locations and more people. Pioneering technology takes more than just inventive engineers. At Dyson, we take a problem-solving approach to everything we do.
We prioritise our campus culture and do not offer a regular hybrid working setup to maintain Dyson's spirit of collaboration, creativity, and inventiveness in our dynamic workspaces.
About the role
As our Executive Assistant, you will be undertaking a pivotal role in providing comprehensive support to our Chief Legal Officer. In this dynamic position, you will be managing complex diaries across multiple time zones, ensuring seamless coordination of global travel arrangements and logistics. Your responsibilities will extend to coordinating visas, booking flights, hotels, car transfers, and taxis, while meticulously producing detailed travel packs and itineraries.
Your role will also involve actively managing correspondence, prioritising emails, and adeptly drafting both emails and letters. Document preparation and administration will be a key focus, encompassing tasks such as designing, producing, formatting, and collating documents using tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Additionally, you will be immersed in ad hoc project work, including conducting research, preparing for meetings, taking minutes, and overseeing the creation and management of documents and presentations. Effective communication will be at the forefront of your responsibilities as you liaise with internal departments, as well as both internal and external stakeholders. General administration tasks and providing additional ad hoc support as needed will round out your diverse and exciting role as our Executive Assistant.
About you
- High attention to detail, forward-thinking, professionalism, and a solution-focused mindset
- A good sense of humour, strong emotional intelligence, and a willingness to exceed expectations
- Prior Executive Assistant experience supporting a C-Suite executive in a similar working environment
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly in PowerPoint
- Highly organised, efficient, and capable of juggling multiple tasks simultaneously
- Maintains high work standards and demonstrates a can-do approach
- Excellent shorthand typist skills (desired but not essential)
- Handles highly sensitive information discreetly and ensures confidentiality
- Excellent interpersonal skills for dealing with senior professionals
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken)
- Eager and proactive team player with effective communication skills
- Hardworking, driven, and always willing to go above and beyond
- Able to provide excellent checkable references
Benefits
Financial
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Discounts on Dyson machines and retail purchases
- Free bus travel to and from campus (from Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, and Swindon)
Lifestyle
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days (plus bank holidays)
- Free on-site lunches, fruit, and hot drinks
- Access to on-site sports centre, gym, hair salon, and lifestyle assistance
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Option to purchase additional holiday days
Health
- Private medical insurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Digital GP services
- On-site physiotherapy and GP services
- Prescription service
- Fertility treatment support
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Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
