Team/IT Assistant for Knightsbridge based Investment Firm

This is an interesting and varied dual role: Team Assistant / IT support within this international Investment Management firm.

Key Tasks:   

Team Assistant

• Diary management; arranging and confirming meetings and managing around priorities
• Travel booking arrangements including:
  • Practicing cost awareness while accommodating requirements of the traveller
  • Reacting to changes quickly and effectively
• Answering and handling calls promptly, courteously and professionally
• General correspondence, photocopying, scanning, sending faxes in a timely manner
• Organising expense claims
• Assisting with the preparation of reports (including printing, copying, binding and distribution)
• Assisting with ad-hoc projects
• Ad hoc lunchtime reception cover including holiday and sickness cover

IT

• Provide first response assistance to office staff and remote users (including desktop, phone, network and systems support)
• Act as a liaison between the external IT providers and the wider team (including following up and ensuring issues are resolved to the user’s satisfaction)
• Installation, operation and maintenance of the computer systems and other technologies, such as communication systems
• Be forward thinking about technology requirements.
• Liaising and negotiating contracts with vendors to ensure effective implementation of hardware and software
• Writing reports, track inventory, evaluating new technologies

Personal Qualities:

• Can-do attitude, i.e. pitching in to get the job done
• Proactive with strong initiative 
• Well-rounded understanding of technology and a willingness to learn
• An eye for accuracy
• Good communication skills
• Highest degree of confidentiality
• Flexibility on hours, often at short notice
• Team player
• Self-confident, cheerful and energetic

Hours: 9.00am – 5.30pm

Co. Benefits

Gym

IFSTL

Healthcare

Pension

Life assurance

Disc bonus - individual/co performance