Executive PA - BIRMINGHAM
£30k - £45k
Take your career forward as an Executive PA to a successful owner of a retail brand in Birmingham as we embark on an exciting growth phase.
From dealing with the owners affairs to assisting with board meetings, you will be involved in key projects and have the chance to support multiple companies as well as getting involved in valuable charity work in the region.
ROLE
In this prestigious Executive PA position, your main role will be to support the retail brand’s owner with diary management, coordinating meetings, taking minutes at board meetings and overseeing essential administrative functions.
You will have a desk in the head office and be involved in multiple endeavours, including supporting the business growth on a day to day basis, plus getting involved with additional business investments, and charity endeavours on a semi regular basis.
DUTIES
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Executive Personal Assistant duties: Managing the Owner’s diary, managing important contacts, organising meetings and appointments and keeping on top of affairs including directors expenses
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Board meetings: Responsible for board governance, organising board meetings, ensuring attendance, preparing agendas, taking minutes and following up with actions arising.
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Strategic oversight: Keeping abreast of the company mission and goals and monitoring performance against growth plans
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Office administration: Taking care of office administration including adherence to relevant legislation including data protection, GDPR, Health and safety, right to work etc. Creation and collation of key data and performing data entry tasks where required.
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Event planning: Organising internal and external events, ensuring attendance.
SKILLS
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Computer skills – particularly Microsoft 365 / Sage200 and the ability to use time management tools and kanban boards such as Trello.
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Financial / commercial awareness - High degree of attention to detail plus a good understanding of numbers and how businesses work. Being able to read a P&L and financial statements would be ideal.
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Project and people management - Ability to ensure that deadlines are met through understanding and oversight of projects, chasing actions and flagging any urgent business critical matters to the owner, promptly.
PERSON
We are looking for a loyal, upbeat, Executive PA who embodies professionalism and discretion, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.