Executive Assistant bham

Not Specified | Contract, full-time
| £18.00 per hour
Ref: BH42 (4 weeks ago)
Oakley Recruitment is working in partnership with an expanding organisation based in. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team as an Executive Assistant on a full-time permanent basis

Culture and Environment

Our client’s culture is corporate and professional. The environment is a prestige, modern space, the lobby and restaurant have a five-star hotel feel, and the interior and décor has a modern luxury vibe. It’s truly a wonderful place to work every day.

Personality

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, providing high quality output with high attention to detail and excellent judgment, an independent thinker and resourceful. Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment.

Reward
  • Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm or 9am – 6pm with 1 hour lunch break
  • Immaculate contemporary working space in city centre location
  • Supportive culture
  • Time and half after 40 hours worked each week £36 per hour

Job Role:
  • Providing administrative support in a complex team environment
  • Coordinating complex, senior-level internal/ external meetings and conference calls
  • Handling a high volume of phones calls
  • Interacting with high level business leaders in a professional and effective manner
  • Supporting internal and external managers or clients
  • Responding and following up on client requests
  • Maintaining complex and extremely detailed calendars and prioritizing meeting requests and related logistics
  • Coordinating domestic and international travel arrangements and processing expense reports
  • Maintaining understanding of policies and handles certain issues independently
  • Managing monthly invoices and arranges for payment
  • On-boards new hires, processes new employees, transfers, termination
  • General administrative duties

Skills and experience:

  • 2 plus years’ experience
  • Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
  • Self-starter with ability to anticipate and solve problems quickly and efficiently
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong knowledge of general business, corporate and government cultures
  • Ability to handle highly sensitive, confidential and non-routine information
  • Demonstrated dependability and sense of urgency about getting results
  • Comfortable working with people at all organizational levels
  • Team player with a positive attitude

Please Note: We do not contact or write to unsuccessful candidates. If we have not contacted you within 48 hours of your application, you should presume that your application was unsuccessful. By applying for this vacancy, you are permitting for Oakley Recruitment to contact you and retain your details. In compliance with the regulations (April 2004) in place under the Employment Agencies Act, Oakley Recruitment will require proof of identification. A copy of your passport, birth certificate and NI number will be required, as part of your interview process.