PA TO FOUNDER OF LUXURY WINE TRADING COMPANY

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and dedicated Personal Assistant to support an entrepreneur and founder who has highly successful businesses within the wine, spirits and media and luxury industries. This is a fast-paced and demanding role, and our client requires first-class support across all of their businesses – you will be their right-hand and have the opportunity to grow in the role with their continued success.

You will be confident, driven, resilient, have a good sense of humour and be able to hold your own – the role requires someone comfortable working in a buzzy trader environment. You will be impeccably organised, hardworking, have a keen eye for detail and be able to liaise at all levels.

Based in offices in the City of London, usual working hours are Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am-6pm; Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am-7pm – there will be an occasional need for you to be on-call out of hours for urgent matters. Flexibility to travel internationally occasionally is also a requirement. 

Responsibilities include:

• Diary Management
• Booking all travel, hotels and transfers
• Handling itineraries
• Scheduling meetings
• Correspondence
• Inbox management
• Preparing reports and PowerPoint presentations
• Taking minutes in meetings and ensuring follow-ups
• Arranging events
• Running personal errands
• Answering telephone calls and managing correspondence
• Providing cover for others as required

Essential criteria:

• Prior experience within administrative or PA roles
• Live within a commutable distance to the City of London 
• Fluency in English to mother-tongue level
• Educated to A-Level or above
• Competency with Microsoft Office
• Confident and resilient
• Good sense of humour
• Organise and able to prioritise
• A team player
• Flexibility to work outside of office hours if required
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills