AddressYour role: You will be responsible for providing administrative and organisational support to the Commercial Director and, where directed, their SLT members. You’ll be required to operate in a highly professional and organised way with excellent communication skills.
This is a busy role requiring a high degree of initiative. You will be used to working in a fast paced environment and be able to cope with an ever-changing and demanding workload. You will provide PA support to aid in delivering key objectives, managing the day to day internal and external arrangements and commitments including diary/travel and meeting management, making decisions and constantly thinking on your feet, with the desire and ability to take on larger projects when required.
Day to day you will:
Manage diary commitments, prepare meeting materials/briefings required, manage visitors, telephone calls and correspondence responses.
Organise travel arrangements both regional and international (including hotel, taxi, train and flight bookings) as required.
Prepare monthly expenses as required.
Office management - eg ensuring stationary is ordered, point of contact to escalate for office issues
Provide and/or produce relevant meeting documentation and agenda's for internal / external meetings.
Recording and keeping track of meeting actions where relevant
Develop and implement plans, within set budgets, for events specific to the role, eg. presentations, department meetings, workshops, and any other ad hoc projects or research requested
Provide advanced technical admin support to the Director in creating & maintaining reports and presentations, using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other software tools as required
Raise and manage the Purchase Order process as required.
What we’re looking for from you:
Previous PA experience would be preferred although open to transferable skills and experience in a similar position
High level of personal and data organisation skills, with particular regard to maintaining security of confidential data.
Displays a willingness to take on any task with a positive attitude. A good team player who takes initiative in order to achieve desired results with a proactive approach.
Ability to manage a varied workload without supervision, to determine priorities for self and meet deadlines.
Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills. Ability to draft, proofread and edit documents for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships at all levels.
Must have knowledge of a variety of computer software applications including Gmail, GSuite and MS Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.
Life at News
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.
To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.
Benefits
Some of our benefits include:
Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year
We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.
