Executive Personal Assistant to Company Directors

3 months ago


Lothian, United Kingdom Ocean Science Consulting Full time

Ocean Science Consulting Limited (OSC) seeks a discreet, confident, and highly organised assistant, with superlative verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to organise and prioritise tasks and workloads reliably and without prompting. The individual must show initiative, be proactive and able to provide intelligent solutions to problems with a hands-on approach.

**Executive Assistant responsibilities**
- Assisting Directors with all aspects of their private British and international estate;
- Domestic and international logistics (_e.g._flights, transfers, accommodation);
- Organising complex itineraries across numerous time zones for multiple people;
- Organising their superior’s entire schedule;
- Organising and maintaining office systems;
- Working directly with high-level employees;
- Reviewing contracts (especially of utilities);
- Preparing private and corporate documents;
- Maintaining strict confidentiality;
- Sustaining a level of professionalism among staff;
- International travel to various locations to prepare for Directors’ arrival, i.e., organising cleaners, tradesmen, gardeners, ensuring properties/assets are maintained to an exceptional standard;
- Dealing with organisation of rental properties for both Directors and OSC;
- Dealing with employees, contractors, and suppliers;
- Managing spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel) for utilities, expenses, _etc._;
- Preparation and submission of all personnel expenses and very basic bookkeeping;
- Managing complex diaries, logistics, membership, licence renewals, utilities, _etc._;
- General office administration (_e.g._insurance, utilities, _etc._); and,
- Other duties which the Directors may reasonably request.

**Qualifications, skills, & experience**
- Excellent phone manner;
- IT and tech-savvy (Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Teams, _etc._);
- Excellent writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, verbal, and numeracy skills;
- Experience filing according to the OSC ISO filing system;
- Read the small print in contracts, especially utilities;
- Prioritise and multitask, willingness for involvement in a wide variety of tasks (including unfamiliar territory);
- Bring tasks to completion;
- Take initiative and volunteer ideas for improvements and progress;
- Speaks, reads and writes English and Greek, preferably Spanish also;
- Preferred experience supporting a senior business leader of a comparable company; and,
- Above all - reliable, without needing to be reminded.

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week

**Salary**: £20,905.34-£30,771.25 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lothian: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Executive Personal Assistant to Company Directors



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