Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

Location: Coventry (Office based initially parking available)

Salary around £55,000 + excellent benefits + 25 days holiday + 3 days Xmas

Hours of work 08.30 4.45 (37.5 hours)

Our client is a well-established and very successful global organisation. We have a fabulous opportunity for commercially minded, proactive and driven individual to support the CEO and Operations Board Directors. This will involve carrying out a broad range of EA duties including event management. You will be making a valuable contribution towards undertaking business-wide projects in order to drive the business forward.

The role will entail:

• Providing EA support to the CEO and the Operations Board Directors, overseeing correspondence, emails, diaries and co-ordinating meeting requests

• Organising, planning and executing regular Board meetings and quarterly away days, including the reporting and taking minutes, as well as following up on actions.

• Preparation and organisation of extensive travel and accommodation, both in the UK and internationally.

• Preparing Presentations for the CEO to support communications throughout the Company.
• Organising large companywide events for up to 600 people, from all locations.
• You will also be the go to person for when things go wrong in the office and organising maintenance etc.

We are seeking someone who:

• Has held a similar role, supporting a senior management team.
• Someone who sees the bigger picture and will engage and familiarise themselves people across the business to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations to the Operations Board
• You will have excellent organisational skills, great attention to detail as well as lots of initiative and the ability to multi-task and prioritise.
• Strong Microsoft skills, including excellent Power Point skills.
• There will also be occasional travel involved.
  
  It is an intrinsic role within the business and needs someone who is both proactive and perceptive, with exceptional people skills and a good sense of humour. The ideal candidate will be educated to Degree level and be a driven, confident individual who has previous experience in all of the above, supporting at Director level and of course, first class communication skills. You will be comfortable working with people at all levels and from all offices

If you feel you have the skills and attributes to be successful in this varied and interesting role, please get in touch as soon as possible.

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