Executive Assistant, Cunard

4 days ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Carnival UK Full time

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

**The Role**

The overall purpose of an Executive Assistant is to support to one or more of the Executive(s) and/or Senior Leader Team (SLT). This position will support the President of Cunard and member/s of their SLT.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join the Cunard Team. With the hugely anticipated arrival of our newest ship Queen Anne just a year away, the brand is significantly growing in all aspects.

You will:

- Draft communication content along with preparing presentations and reports
- Organise meetings, prepare agendas and take minutes / actions points for team
- Organise events and travel arrangements
- Complete general administrative duties across the team(s), including processing payments/expenses
- Arrange inductions for new starters.

The above will require close collaboration with other Executive Assistants (EA), Personal Assistants (PA) and key stakeholders.

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK11 and is offered on a full time permanent basis with at least two days based in our Southampton office.

**About You**

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

- Demonstrable EA or PA experience at a senior level
- Experience of managing complex diaries across time zones
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office suite in particular PowerPoint and Word
- The ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative and organisational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities
- An ability to work independently on projects, from conception to completion
- An awareness of confidentiality of tasks undertaken and use of appropriate discretion

**Being part of our team has its advantages**

We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.
- Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days per working week)
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- A friendly welcome with help settling in

**About Us**:
Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s

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