Personal Assistant

2 weeks ago

Reading, United Kingdom Thames Water Utilites Full time

Are you an accomplished Personal Assistant who is ready to manage the business lives of our energetic and innovative Digital and Transformation Leadership Team?

This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to work for Thames Water in a role that is critical to supporting our Digital and Transformation Leadership Team and the business in achieving our Purpose of which we are very proud, “to deliver life’s essential service, so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive”.

**What you’ll be doing as a Personal Assistant**
- Work with our broader PA team to share responsibilities for Digital and the needs of the leadership team. We are a newly formed team and therefore this is a great time to join and help shape our ways of working and improved processes. This role is ripe for someone make it their own
- Manage multiple diaries and expenses as well as raising recruitment orders as required and ensuring approvals and authorisations are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Support with invoicing and PO process to ensure 3rd party payments are processed efficiently
- Organise meetings, events, and departmental activities, taking minutes and recording actions where appropriate as well as arranging travel and booking venues as required.
- Drafting confidential documents and memos, responses to all forms of communications on behalf of the Digital Transformation Lead team and providing support for presentations
- Acting as the first point of contact and face for the Digital Transformation office, fielding all queries, from internal or external customers, meeting and greeting key stakeholders, processing, and replying to sensitive and confidential correspondence and forwarding requests as appropriate.
- Contributing to a positive, collaborative and committed working environment, building respect and trust amongst colleagues.

Base Location: Reading - Hybrid

Working Pattern or hours: 36 Hours - Fixed Term Contract

**W**hat you should bring to the role**
- Highly organised with a professional, agile and diligent nature
- Understand the needs of our customers, handling situations in a sensitive way
- Proven success at a senior level in a similar role, ideally within a highly regulated environment
- Knowledge of social media with the ability to respond to messages where needed
- Loyal and trustworthy with a friendly, sociable approach, expressing a passion for Thames Waters’ Purpose, Values and Behaviours
- Excellent grammar and attention to detail
- Problem solving mentality

**What’s** in it for you?**
- Competitive salary up to £43,000 per annum
- Annual Leave - 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service (Plus bank holidays)
- Contributory pension - Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
- Personal Medical Assessments - Open to all once a year
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing

**Who are we?**

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

**Working at Thames Water**

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

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