Personal Assistant

Your role at a glance
Legal & General Capital was created in 2013 to invest the Group’s capital into key sectors of the economy which need investment and innovation. We focus on five strategies: Housing, Clean Energy, Specialist Commercial Real Estate and SME Finance.

We have an excellent opportunity for a Personal Assistant with a proven track record and experience supporting full assistant duties. The role will support the Director of Alternative Finance, Strategic Private Capital Investment Director, and the Head of Structuring Solutions.

What you'll be doing
- Extensive diary and inbox management
- Communicating with internal and external stakeholders
- Managing daily office operations for the managers supported including, but not limited to, managing meeting room diaries, planning travel, oversight of all external and internal event planning
- IT and new hire onboarding liaison
- Processing of expenses and invoices
- Putting together and formatting presentations
- Potentially assist with team / business events organisation and coordination
- Providing PA holiday cover when required within LGC

What we're looking for
- University degree preferred; minimum A-level or equivalent education/experience
- Previous PA experience supporting senior manager level or equivalent
- Highly proficient management and technical skills including MS Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Demonstrated ability of working in a fast-paced, ambitious and collaborative environment
- Background in financial services or investments preferable but not essential
- Intelligent all-rounder who is mature, confident, and professional
- Attention to detail is a priority, with a keen sense of genuine pride in the work produced
- Dedicated and understands that this role requires enhanced responsiveness
- Articulate and a very good communicator (written and verbal)
- Experienced in dealing with senior internal and external stakeholders
- Takes initiative and is proactive in anticipating their managers’ and teams’ requirements
- Extremely well organized
- Sound judgment and asks for help when appropriate
- Enjoys taking responsibility and ownership of their role
- Remains calm under pressure

**Benefits**:
When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

About L&G
The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

About the business area
Humanity is facing fundamental challenges, with the future of our planet hanging in the balance. As the principal investment arm of the Legal & General Group, our aim at **Legal & General Capital** is to generate long-term shareholder value, while helping build a better society. We seek opportunities to invest in sectors most in need of investment and innovation, such as residential housing, large-scale urban regeneration and future cities. We’re backing investment in infrastructure and clean energy, and in start-up businesses to drive innovation and growth across the UK. We’re building partnerships between the public sector and institutional investors to accelerate housing delivery, create jobs, support local businesses and transform communities. This helps to create new asset classes for Legal & General’s vari