Executive Assistant to Performance Director

St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem and innovate for clients.

We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

**Executive Assistant to Performance Director**

**Location**: London/Hybrid working

**Employment Type**: Permanent

The main purpose of this role is to provide a confidential and professional administrative/co-ordination support to the Performance Director.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Having sole ownership of the Performance Director’s diary and owner/reviewer of inbox, delegating where appropriate to leadership team, responding to verbal and written queries in a timely and professional manner.
- Proactively managing departmental initiatives, business correspondence, and prepare background documents and/or presentations for the Director
- Supporting the Director in their projects through research, coordination, and analysis of data to prepare reports and documents
- Taking ownership for tasks delegated by the Director/ Executive Manager Strategy Implementation including the management of projects outside of day-to-day responsibilities e.g., cross functional projects with Conferences, Leadership and Management meetings
- Coordinating and preparing board reports in advance of meetings, organising Partnership Engagement meetings and events, arranging travel and accommodation, including overseas and hospitality
- Collating and circulating meeting agendas and papers and where required, attending meetings to record and coordinate actions, with subsequent follow up

**We are looking for someone who has the following skills**:

- Excellent time management, planning and organisational skills; able to prioritise and manage a busy workload with a wide variety of tasks and deadlines.
- Strong relationship building skills at all levels and ability to adapt communication style as required.
- Comfortable working at pace with a wide range of tasks and deliver accurately and in a timely manner.
- Proactive with the ability to work independently and unsupervised using own initiative, as well as the ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to manage a complex diary and to anticipate changes.
- Confidential, tactful and able to exercise discretion, with a positive work ethic and willingness to be flexible and adaptable.

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**What's in it for you?**
- Private Medical - up to family cover paid for by Company
- via BUPA. No excess for claims.*
- Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.*
- Non-Contributory Pension - 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
- Parental leave - 6 months full pay
- 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday
- Not applicable to Fixed-Term Contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)

**Flexible Working**
We know that everyone works best in different ways, at different times and in different environments. We have introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please ask the question and start a conversation

**What's next?**

Our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.

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