Personal Assistant - Manchester
Salary: £25k + Bonus + Benefits
Cowell Recruitment are delighted to be assisting our client in their search for Personal Assistant.
Due to expansion, an exciting position has become available for a Personal Assistant to join our friendly and professional team**.** The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary with an opportunity to build a successful career.
Personal Assistant - the role:
- General admin mainly for directors and other managers when required.
- Answer incoming calls, acting as a first point of contact for the directors.
- Draft email responses to be authorised - call directors for answers to queries on these for quick resolutions where required.
- Sit in meetings to take minutes and then organise minutes, responsibilities for tasks, and police and monitor the resolution/completion of action points.
- Take over any initial work from directors and providing final drafts for any work for internal and external communications.
- Manage director diaries for meetings and the manager's dairies for training and 1-1's etc to ensure everything is arranged properly for the directors.
- Chasing for HR docs to ensure HR and payroll runs smoothly, along with monitoring through HR software.
- Vetting, checking, proofreading of all company material, scripts, email correspondence etc.
- Ad hoc marketing tasks, such as social media management, as and when required.
- Ad hoc support with wider team recruitment as and when required.
- Collating reports, analysing data and statistics, and performance monitoring of agents.
- Sending mail to clients, external partners, etc.
- Monitoring overdue client CRM and staff workflow activities.
- Booking and arranging travel and accommodation.
- Booking and arranging all internal staff events.
Personal Assistant - Key Skills:
- At least two years' experience in a similar admin or executive PA role, supporting at a senior level.
- The ability to take instruction well, multi-task efficiently, excellent organisational skills and be proactive within the role.
- Able to work quickly and accurately, with excellent attention to detail and grammar.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially excel.
- Proficient in shorthand or very fast speed writing.
- A great communicator, professional and someone who is very loyal and can be discreet and confidential at all times.
- Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment, including working on own initiative with little or no supervision.
Benefits include:
- We are currently trialling a 4-day working week and working hours would be Mon - Thurs 8:00am - 6:00pm and reverting back to the normal work schedule on the last week of the month (Mon-Thurs 9am-6pm, Friday 9am-2:30pm).
- Great location with easy access to train station and bus routes.
- Hybrid working.
- Bonuses as part of the company structure.
- Full use of our health provider, Simplyhealth.
- Most importantly, a fun and supportive team.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £25,000.00 per year Benefits:
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home
- 4-day working week, reverting back to 5-day working week for the last Friday of the month
- Early Friday finish on any Fridays worked Additional pay:
- Bonus scheme Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Cowell Recruitment Ltd is an equal opportunities recruiter. E&OE. Please note that only applicants with right to work (RTW) full time will be considered for this role