Senior Secretary

Location:*Dartford

Employment type:Permanent

Job family:Office Services/Administration

Laing O'Rourke is an innovative and dynamic organisation that sits at the heart of the Global Construction sector. They work on some of the world's most exciting and challenging projects and have a reputation for excellence, quality and innovation.

As we move into the next stage of our evolution and development, we wish to appoint a Team Secretary to work with our CDIO you will provide strong administrative support to the IT Leadership Team. The individual will join and provide support to a team that is flexible, adaptable and used to constant change.

We are looking for someone who can support the team, in particular with an emphasis on the need to provide accurate and well-formatted documentation to the highest standard, in addition, to proactively managing diaries and itineraries to maximise capacity.

**Scope of Role**

Provide exceptional, efficient, and effective administration support as part of the IT team, coordinating day-to-day activities and working as part of an organised team.

Communicate professionally with external key stakeholders and liaise effectively with internal teams in all areas of our business, building strong collaborative relationships and a wide network of support.

Support the preparation of Board information packs, drawing from dashboard data, including graphics, charts and trend analysis. Forward-thinking follow-up to contribute to and prepare for future meetings

Professional but strong gatekeeping to protect IT leadership teams' time and delegating where appropriate and right

**About You**

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Able to be flexible to meet the demands of the role, juggle competing priorities and tackle last-minute tasks

Ability to work under pressure accurately and at pace and to tight deadlines.

Articulate and confident. Comfortable interacting with high-level executives, clients and key stakeholders

Team player, able to encourage collaborative working and support the wider function.

Forward-thinker, able to plan with great attention to detail.

Able to work at pace whilst remaining accurate, logical and collaborative

**Diversity & Sustainability**:
We value and care about the difference at Laing O'Rourke and believe a diverse team drives innovation.

We are a global multicultural business committed to the inclusion of all employees, enabling everyone to feel accepted, respected & valued for being themselves.

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