Executive Assistant Team Leader

6 months ago

Bradford, United Kingdom Yorkshire Water Full time

Salary & Benefits: Salary **£40,000 - £47,000** per annum dependant on experience, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the **Executive Assistant Team Leader** progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more

**This is a full time, permanent opportunity based in Bradford with a mix of office and home-working and occasional travel required as part of the role to support meetings.**

We have an exciting opportunity for an **Executive Assistant Team Leader** to join the **Executive team** at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. **Could this be you?**

**What we do**:
Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

This role is to provide a comprehensive, proactive and confidential administration, organisational and support service to the CEO and Chair working closely with the Executive team and the Head of the Drive to Thrive.

Also Lead, manage and support the team of EAs (working for the Executive team) to support the work of Yorkshire Water

**Where you fit in**:
As our **Executive Assistant Team Leader** you will
- Represent the Company, CEO and wider YWLT in a positive and professional manner to colleagues and the wider internal and external community.
- Understand business priorities and objectives and support the CEO in achieving them.
- Build a strong relationship of trust with the CEO to better understand their ongoing needs and the needs of the business.
- Serve as a liaison between colleagues, YW Executive team members, senior leaders and CEO.
- Act as a confidante and advisor to the CEO.
- Provide direct support for the CEO by assisting on a wide range of activities to enable the CEO to focus on key priorities.
- Serve as a liaison for the CEO, where appropriate, with key stakeholders both internally and externally, helping to engage with relevant stakeholders. Regularly engages with the Director of Corporate Affairs and the CEO in agreeing relevant internal and external messaging and preparing the CEO for relevant stakeholder meetings. Builds strong relationships with key EAs in key external stakeholders organisations such as Ofwat, Defra, local government, specific NGOS and consultants
- Support on the planning and delivery of key meetings and events (eg Board Sessions, Executive off sites) involving the CEO, ensuring the successful facilitiation of these.

**What skills & qualifications you will need**:

- Educated to degree level or similar or willing to train to this level.
- Extensive experience of working at board level within a professional organisation.
- Energetic, flexible, responsive and with a can-do approach, taking on any task that needs doing.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise effectively and confidently at all levels internally and externally.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion at all times.
- Ability to work on own initiative and without constant direct supervision, with a proactive approach to ensure support for the needs of the Director / Directors is anticipated, prepared and provided in a timely fashion.

**You will also benefit from having**:

- Educated to relevant accredited skills training or be willing to attend training
- Shorthand qualification or equivalent
- Be willing to travel to different Yorkshire locations and London as required
- Be willing to travel with the CEO to support in meetings if needed

Although our assets are operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year the company is committed to support flexible work patterns and job share options, where possible, to give you more control over your time and responsibilities. Whether you have chi

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