Personal Assistant (PA)
6 days ago
£25000–£32000 yearly
Full-time
Reading
About the Role
We're looking for a PA and Admin Support role. Reporting directly to the People Manager, you’ll provide administrative and organisational support to the People team, Chief Executive Officer and Executive team. You’ll play a key role in the smooth and efficient running of our People function, focusing on the onboarding process for all our new starters, offboarding of our leavers and supporting the People Manager across the full employee life cycle. You’ll manage diaries, acting as a trusted point of contact for the CEO, ensuring seamless coordination, efficient task management, and have a professional presence. You’ll oversee daily office operations, ensure a productive work environment and manage office supplies and inventory, placing orders as necessary for continuity of operational needs of the offices. ** ** ** What you’ll need…** - Experience as a PA or in a similar administrative support role, ideally supporting senior executives. - The ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment. - Strong and pro-active communication skills, along with confidence in liaising with high-level stakeholders. - Effective interpersonal skills, confidence to deal with senior level internal and external stakeholders and build effective working relationships. - Excellent organisational skills with the ability to think pro-actively to bring creative solutions. - Understanding the need for confidentiality and integrity. - IT proficient being able to learn and use varied software packages. - A collaborative mindset, with the skill to work closely with the team and external partners. - A genuine passion and drive for “getting stuff done” to help deliver amazing service. - Someone who takes ownership of their workload communicating realistic timescales. - Great attention to detail with a passion to be able to think on your feet and problem solve as you go. - You need to be comfortable approaching the team and external partners and asking questions and building relationships. - Want to stretch yourself and go above and beyond the norm and be motivated to achieve success. ** What’s in it for you** - Hybrid working model and flexible working hours - Salary Sacrifice Pension - Generous annual leave allowance - Eligibility to participate in our Annual Bonus Scheme - Private Healthcare including Travel Insurance - Group Life Assurance (4 x basic annual salary), Critical Illness Cover plus Private Healthcare
