Reed is working with a market leading Client in Sussex who are seeking an Executive Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. This is a full-time, hybrid position.
The successful candidate will be a competent, highly proactive, motivated and organised. The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate experience in handling competing and complex priorities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for providing senior level support to Directors.
- Comprehensive diary management including prioritising and scheduling meetings as well as minute taking.
- Arrangement of business travel
- Extensive telephone duties; interaction with high profile external clients as well as senior management from within the firm.
- Thorough and timely administration of expenses and reconciliation of corporate credit cards.
- Assist with various business initiatives ad-hoc projects, such as event management, helping prepare speaking notes and involvement in external events.
Required skills:
- Extensive experience strong secretarial / PA roles
- High level of written communication and excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle challenging situations.
- Strong organisational and interpersonal skills; an effective and open communicator
- Self-starter with ability to be proactive, use initiative, prioritise and multi-task.
- Strong time management skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Systems knowledge: extensive knowledge of MS Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel