PA
- Recruiter
- Elite Associates Europe Ltd
- Location
- Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Salary
- UP TO £45,000
- Posted
- 04 Feb 2019
- Closes
- 04 Mar 2019
- Job Title
- PA
- Industry Sector
- Fashion
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Full time Personal Assistant role available for a Global Retailer.
This is an Exciting opportunity for an experienced Personal Assistant based in Oxford supporting the Founder of a Global retail brand.
You must be a highly professional PA that enjoys working in a fast paced, dynamic fashion environment.
Please only apply if you have supported at a Senior level and can travel to or work in Oxfordshire!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Schedule Management:
- Managing the flow of meeting invitations, prioritising, dealing with frequent changes
- Extensive management of the diary (via Outlook) including scheduling all meetings engagements, conference calls, travel, board meetings, conferences
- Having awareness of working across time zones (Europe, USA)
- Developing an understanding of who is who in the business and which meetings take precedence over others/which are more urgent
- Issuing meeting invitations on behalf of colleagues
- Co-ordinate with other Assistants to find a mutually convenient time
- Booking meeting rooms, organising refreshments as required
- Checking key meetings coming up to ensure they have maximum attendance, reschedule if necessary
2. Travel:
- Planning travel ahead to ensure cost efficiency and to maximise the benefit by planning additional meetings during the trip
- Manage all travel arrangements and logistics, including booking flights, hotels, local transfers, restaurants and hotels in conjunction with the in-house Travel Facilitators and local Office Managers
- Ensuring every relevant detail is in the required schedule
- Approving or questioning travel request forms as submitted by the Travel Desk
3. Emails and General:
- Submitting monthly credit card expenses
- Submitting monthly time sheets
- Manage large volume of incoming and outgoing emails
- Filter and mark for information or needs response as appropriate
- Filing emails on a regular basis
- Take telephone messages and respond to queries promptly, texting and notifying when required
- Take dictation over the phone and draft communications/correspondence including emails, letters etc
- Liaise with all departments and Villages across Europe as and when required.
You will be the required to have the following:
- An interest in the fashion industry is essential
- Must hold a presentable, polished and confident attitude
- Ability to work well under pressure and towards deadlines
- Previous PA/EA experience is essential
- Supported at Senior level
- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
- It is key that the individuals have ‘can do’ – ‘hands on approach’ and work as a team with the other EA’s/PA’s supporting
You will be the required to have the following:
- Formal secretarial/office administrative qualifications and sound understanding of office procedures at a senior level
- Previous experience working at senior Board level in a large corporate, fast-paced environment
- Ability to use initiative, pre-empt requests, be proactive and to think ahead
- Ability to prioritise and manage several tasks simultaneously
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills and speeds – especially Outlook
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