Executive Assistant

**Executive Assistant**

**Manchester**

**£35,000 - £42,500**

We are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to join our partner in Manchester, you will be a key part of the business providing essential support to our partners Managing Director.

You will provide executive support on diary co-ordination, meetings, collating information/document management, building reports, research, and general administration tasks to enable effective organisational delivery.

We are looking for someone proactive who is keen to get stuck into projects and initiatives and be a real ambassador for the business.

**What to expect**:

- Acting as the key point of contact for the Managing Director - ensuring that priorities are well managed, alongside making key decisions on their behalf
- Provide strategic and proactive diary management support, dealing with incoming/outgoing mail quickly and efficiently, using initiative to action where appropriate
- Minute taking for meetings as required
- Producing reports and presentations and assisting with the preparation, collation and distribution of Board, Executive and senior management team papers
- Arranging travel including flights, rail, hotel reservations and currency
- Assisting in project meetings with targeted action follow up
- Working with the Operating Board and Senior Management Team to ensure the MDs priorities are delivered

**Who we are looking for**:

- Previous experience of working as an Executive Assistant is essential
- Demonstrable experience of providing:

- Strategic and operational business support to senior stakeholders
- Highly proactive, clear ability to use initiative, pre-empt requirements and cope with meeting strict deadlines despite conflicting demands
- Strong emotional intelligence with excellent communication skills are essential, both orally and written; with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Work independently and as part of a highly effective team
- Previous experience of collating and producing reports and presentations
- Able to translate high level thinking into tangible outputs
- Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £35,000.00-£42,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme

Flexible Language Requirement:

- English not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Can you commute daily to office?

**Experience**:

- Executive Support: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: JW-EAM