Ea to Chief of Staff and Group Head of Strategy

1 month ago

Windsor, United Kingdom Centrica Full time

To provide support to the Executive Vice President (EVP), Strategy and undertake all duties to ensure the smooth running of the function. The role holder will have a high level of professional discretion, tact and integrity due to the frequency of senior level internal and external contacts and regular exposure to confidential and commercially sensitive data. The role holder will also demonstrate a high level of initiative as they will work both with the EVP and also the EA to the Chief Executive Officer but also independently with mínimal guidance. The role holder will be required to provide cover for the EA to the CEO during periods of annual leave and any other periods of absence.
- ** Location**:Windsor, UK with travel as required
- ** Salary**:Competitive + Bonus + Private Healthcare + Pension

**About The Role...**
- Provide an effective and efficient support service to a very high level of competency in support of the EVP
- Manage the EVP’s travel, including arranging international and local travel: flights, hotels and detailed travel itineraries
- Manage the EVP’s papers and documents to ensure he/she is fully prepared for all appointments
- Take notes and compose correspondence to a high standard
- Organise and prepare complex documentation, often requiring the collation of information from a number of individuals or departments
- Ensures that all documents and information within the EVP’s office are held securely
- Take responsibility for the co-ordination of projects or discreet pieces of work as directed by the EVP within the agreed guidelines to ensure the work is completed to deadline
- Screen and redirect incoming messages and use own initiative to alert the EVP of high importance issues as they arise
- Provide cover for other EAs as required from time to time to cover periods of holiday or absence

**What We Need From You...**
- Experience of providing senior level support C-Suite executives in a complex matrix organisation
- Experience in liaising effectively with senior executives internally and externally
- Significant proven experience of operating in a similar role that requires a high level of commercial understanding within a complex environment
- Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
- IT skills - Advanced Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Powerpoint and Outlook
- Flexibility in working hours
- Ability to work pro-actively and independently with confidence
- Assertive, resilient and able to manage strong personalities, strong emotional resilience
- High level of confidentiality and initiative
- Highly organised, able to prioritise and forward plan and remains calm under pressure
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (spoken and written) with a pleasant, professional manner
- A self motivated individual with the ability to work alone under minimum supervision and direction

**We are proud to be recognised as a disability-confident employer**. Our customers come from a variety of different backgrounds, and so do we. We hire great people from all walks of life, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. We will continue championing inclusivity while investing in our local communities to create a better, more sustainable world for everyone.

**We are incredibly proud to have been recognised by The Times for being one of the Top 50 Employers for Women.**

**Our people are the beating heart of our business. **We are incredibly proud of our commitment to being FlexFirst. From childcare to furry friends, we listened to our people and understood that they work best when they are comfortable and have a flexible working model that suits their individual needs. We embrace the opportunity to give our colleagues a choice to work from anywhere whilst still ensuring they can connect and engage with their teams through office days, employee networks and virtual events.

In addition, after listening to what matters most to them, we have tailored our well-being & benefits package around our employees.

**_ At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team - a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it_**

**PLEASE APPLY ONLINE** by hitting the '**Apply**' button.

Applications will ONLY be accepted via the ‘Apply’ button.

This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.

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