Executive Assistant

3 weeks ago


Holborn, United Kingdom Reed Full time

Do you want an exciting role that makes a difference? Then this could be it.

Reed is recruiting for a unique place on our three-year Graduate Scheme with a starting position of Executive Assistant to our Chairman, James Reed.

Our award-winning scheme in an industry-leading business has meant Reed is recognised as a Top Graduate Employer. The Reed Graduate Scheme has been running for over 25 years and has a track record of producing highly skilled, senior professionals. Examplesof our current senior leadership team that started on the scheme include our current Managing Director for Reed Learning, our Chief Finance Officer, and Senior Head of HR for Reed in Partnership to name just a few.

Read on to hear more about our offer of a supportive, progressive, and dynamic career path for talented graduates

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobsand careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors. As trailblazers in our field, our business has depth, and the types of recruiters and the opportunities available across Reed, vary enormously.

We look for people who want an inclusive and collaborative environment, who strive for performance and celebrate team success, in a challenging and rewarding career.

As the Executive Assistant to our Chairman, James Reed. Your duties will include:

- Effective diary management in order to maximise the use of the Chairman’s time, including international travel bookings and complex itineraries
- Arranging meetings, events, and strategic reviews; including organising long service lunches and managing Reed’s corporate hospitality
- Providing expert administrative support through the production of correspondence, communications, reports, meeting agendas, actions, and other ad hoc documents
- Writing, editing, and posting internal blogs and Reed news articles
- Supporting the marketing and PR teams with creating and promoting external PR material, blogs, social media content and media coverage
- Ownership of the company environmental policy and upkeep of the beehives at Dragon Court
- Getting involved in a variety of other projects

**Skills we’re looking for**
- Strong time-management and organisational skills
- Excellent eye for detail
- Excellent communication skills and professionalism in order to liaise with Directors and other senior stakeholders on a daily basis
- Excellent MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with good GSuite and Apple skills (or the ability to adapt to these new systems quickly)
- Highly adaptable and able to respond positively under pressure

James Reed’s previous Executive Assistants have all been members of our Graduate Scheme and have been involved in launching many projects, including the company environment policy and the installation of the beehives.

As a member of our Graduate Scheme, you’ll have the option to move to another department or area of the Reed Group. Typical roles available on rotation include positions in areas such as: Marketing, Finance, IT, HR, and range of Project roles to meet thestrategic business growth needs.

**Benefits of being on the Reed Graduate Scheme**
- £28,000 starting salary
- Access to a senior mentor
- Annual appraisals and salary reviews
- Flexible career routes and fast-track routes to management
- 3-day induction at the Reed Business School in the Cotswolds
- Professional qualification sponsorship from year two (e.g. CIPD, CIM, Prince2, Harvard HBXCore)

**Reed’s Commitment to Society** In addition to providing invaluable services to jobseekers and clients, and helping the social mobility of the UK workforce, Reed redirects 18% of its profits into the Reed Foundation which has been allocatingcharitable funds for almost 30 years. These funds have helped develop Reed’s own charities such as Ethiopiaid and WomanKind. Additionally, The Big Give helps raise millions of pounds each year for charitable causes through its match-funding technology.

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