EA to CEO
- Recruiter
- RMS Recruitment Limited
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £45000 - £50000 per annum
- Posted
- 28 Mar 2017
- Closes
- 25 Apr 2017
- Ref
- 7651
- Contact
- Kathryn Blacker
- Job Title
- PA
- Industry Sector
- Design
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Experienced and professional PA needed to support the CEO and Founder of an established luxury design company in Barnes!
Salary: Up to £48K DOE
Hours: 9.30-5.30
Experienced & professional PA needed to support the CEO & Founder of an established luxury design company in Barnes paying up to £48K DOE. The successful candidate will take ownership of the role and become an indispensable member of the team! Your previous experience will allow you to seamlessly manage their complex schedules, email communications & all other aspects of their working lives. It is required that you have a passion for creativity & design, as well as working as a PA and enjoy working to high levels of accuracy whilst under pressure. Being both flexible and adaptable is a must, as well as problem solving on a regular basis using common sense and a practical approach will be essential to this role. Your character will allow you to thrive and remain calm under pressure.
The Role:
Diary & Communication
- Proactively manage all diary appointments, understanding the urgency and propriety of each request
- Proactively manage all travel itineraries, with the travel team, keeping all parties in the loop at all times
- Ensure all Directors, Senior Managers & team PA's are kept up to date with diary changes
- Anticipate and draft email correspondence for AW or CEO review, adapting the style of verbal and written communication for different clients, depending on culture, status and with a subtle understanding of the situation/ context
- Ensure regular communication with AW / CEO whatever their location
- Ensure seamless communication between business and personal life for AW & CEO
Benefits:
- Free lunch, Private Health
- 23 days annual leave
- Optional monthly head/shoulder massage available
- Luxurious riverside office environment
On completion of a successful probation period:
- Private health insurance
- Life insurance
- Company pension scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Ride to work scheme
- Childcare vouchers
Skills & Attributes:
- Advanced Excel & word skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Minimum typing speed of 60wpm
- Dictation via shorthand or speed writing is essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Clear and concise written oral communication skills
- Ability to work within all established Winch Design structures and templates
- To be an Ambassador for the company values (humility, integrity and agility)
The ideal PA:
- Significant experience in a similar role (6 years+ ideally)
- Worked for similar entrepreneurial, charismatic and demanding spirit
- Extremely good at handling people and reading moods
- Extremely thorough and high attention to detail - reading all emails that come in and doing full correspondence
- Used to taking dictation, very speedy typing (shorthand would be a bonus but not essential)
- A good counterpoint to his creative mind and ability to keep him to the point
- Very organised & methodical
- Lynchpin - work collaboratively with the other PAs and other senior managers
- Creative interest ideally (either industry experience or creative degree)
- Resilient
- Confident & outgoing
- Sense of Humour
- You will be passionate about the creative world, preferably with a background in design or the arts, and have empathy and understanding for the creative process of the Founder
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