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Your new companyOur client is an innovative and dynamic company that offers an exciting and rewarding work environment. As a leader in their industry they are committed to fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture where employees are empowered to grow and make a significant impact. With a focus on professional development, they provide generous personal development budgets, top-end hardware, and opportunities to progress your career.Your new roleOur client is looking for an experienced, highly organised, and motivated EA to COO and EA Manager to lead our talented EA team (4 other EAs) and provide top-notch EA support to our COO. As the EA Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and guiding our EA team. Your experience in managing other EAs and PAs will be crucial in mentoring, coaching, and developing the team to ensure they meet the needs of the business as it scales up. In addition to managing the team, you will provide direct EA support to our COO, setting the standard for excellence by working alongside them and the SLT team. You will define and drive the evolution of the EA role to meet the strategic needs of the company, empowering the team to anticipate needs and find ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Managing the team's day-to-day responsibilities alongside project-based work, you will ensure resources are allocated effectively. Building strong partnerships across the business, you will identify where the EA team can make the biggest impact. Leading by example, you will foster a collaborative, high-performing culture in everything the team does.
You will lead by example in shaping how the EA team supports the growing needs of the business and executive team, with a focus on capacity planning and involvement in strategic initiatives. Providing exceptional diary management, call scheduling, email triaging, and other administrative support, you will ensure the executive team can operate at its best. You will project manage key events like company-wide gatherings, the Summer Party, and milestone celebrations, with the support of the EA team. Supporting the COO with company-wide communication and coordination of company initiatives, you will manage the overall company travel process, policy, and budget. Facilitating the consistent execution of objective key results and quarterly business processes across teams, you will drive alignment and focus on the delivery of company-wide goals. Always looking for better ways to do things, you will spot opportunities to streamline processes, make things more efficient, and generally make everyone's lives easier.What you'll need to succeedTo be considered for this role you will have been an EA at a senior level and have managed a team of EAs and PAs before. Your previous leadership experience is essential for this role. You get what execs need and know how to help EAs meet those needs. You can build trust, give feedback, and help people grow. You're organised, proactive, and great at spotting ways to improve how things are done. You're comfortable balancing leadership responsibilities with rolling up your sleeves to deliver exceptional strategic EA support. You can keep things running smoothly, even when priorities shift. Experience working at a technology/software company and a background in a fast-paced start-up/scale-up are great to have. What you'll get in returnSalary is dependent on experience between the range of £55,000- £70,000pa. This is a full-time opportunity, working Monday to Friday with the option of flexible home working (2-3 days a week in the office). A generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year. We provide free lunch in the office, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year), a Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%), Bupa health care, life insurance and critical illness cover, and discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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