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Salary: £50k Location: London
Contract Length: 12 Months Maternity Cover
Our client is a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company, known for their thoughtful and creative solutions. They are currently seeking a Personal Assistant to provide administrative and secretarial support within their team. This role offers an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded. The successful candidate will be part of a company that values respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism. With a competitive salary of £50k FTC, this London-based position is an excellent opportunity to develop your career.
- Competitive salary of £50k FTC
- Based in London
- Opportunity to work in a leading insurance and reinsurance company
What you'll do:
As a Personal Assistant, you will play a crucial role in providing administrative and secretarial support to a manager or small number of managers within the team. Your responsibilities will include contributing to the preparation and implementation of operational team plans, determining your own work priorities, assisting in the preparation of important documentation, maintaining diaries and address books, organising travel itineraries and accommodation, preparing and submitting expenses for payment, maintaining departmental filing systems, performing activities as directed, developing internal/external relationships, and acting as secretary to key statutory committees. You will also be expected to deputise for other executive assistants when necessary.
- Contribute to the preparation and implementation of operational team plans.
- Determine own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans.
- Assist in the preparation of documentation such as board papers.
- Maintain diaries and address books for effective time management.
- Organise travel itineraries and accommodation in line with requirements.
- Prepare and submit expenses for payment.
- Maintain departmental filing systems for easy access to information.
- Perform activities as directed to ensure obligations are met.
- Develop internal/external relationships to support business objectives.
- Act as secretary to key statutory committees.
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Personal Assistant role brings extensive secretarial experience within a corporate environment at a PA level or working for a Senior Manager/Head of/Director. A degree level education (or equivalent) is desirable but not mandatory. You should possess core secretarial skills including time and diary management, and be proficient in MS Office applications. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, as is the ability to plan and manage your own workload. You should be able to work independently, manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines, and have a strong customer orientation. The ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment and strong attention to detail are also key for this role.
- Extensive secretarial experience within a corporate environment at a PA level or working for a Senior Manager/Head of/Director.
- Degree level education (or equivalent) is desirable.
- Core secretarial skills including time and diary management.
- Proficiency in MS Office applications; Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to plan and manage own workload plus manage upwards.
- Ability to work independently and manage conflicting priorities to achieve deadlines.
- Strong customer orientation skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
What sets this company apart:
Our client is a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company that values respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism. They believe that the way they work is just as important as the work they do. They offer an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded. They are committed to diversity and inclusion, knowing that it benefits their people, their business, and their operating environments. They welcome applications from all individuals, drawing on diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences.
What's next:
Ready for an exciting career move? Don't miss out on this opportunity!Apply today by clicking on the link! We look forward to receiving your application.
We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email: gscemeaedi @ robertwalters.com. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.
