Personal Assistant - Manchester
Salary: £25k + Bonus + Benefits
Cowell Recruitment are delighted to be assisting our client in their search for Personal Assistant.
Due to expansion, an exciting position has become available for a Personal Assistant to join our friendly and professional team. The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary with an opportunity to build a successful career.
Personal Assistant - the role:
· General admin mainly for directors and other managers when required.
· Answer incoming calls, acting as a first point of contact for the directors.
· Draft email responses to be authorised - call directors for answers to queries on these for quick resolutions where required.
· Sit in meetings to take minutes and then organise minutes, responsibilities for tasks, and police and monitor the resolution/completion of action points.
· Take over any initial work from directors and providing final drafts for any work for internal and external communications.
· Manage director diaries for meetings and the manager’s dairies for training and 1-1’s etc to ensure everything is arranged properly for the directors.
· Chasing for HR docs to ensure HR and payroll runs smoothly, along with monitoring through HR software.
· Vetting, checking, proofreading of all company material, scripts, email correspondence etc.
· Ad hoc marketing tasks, such as social media management, as and when required.
· Ad hoc support with wider team recruitment as and when required.
· Collating reports, analysing data and statistics, and performance monitoring of agents.
· Sending mail to clients, external partners, etc.
· Monitoring overdue client CRM and staff workflow activities.
· Booking and arranging travel and accommodation.
· Booking and arranging all internal staff events.
Personal Assistant - Key Skills:
· At least two years’ experience in a similar admin or executive PA role, supporting at a senior level.
· The ability to take instruction well, multi-task efficiently, excellent organisational skills and be proactive within the role.
· Able to work quickly and accurately, with excellent attention to detail and grammar.
· Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially excel.
· Proficient in shorthand or very fast speed writing.
· A great communicator, professional and someone who is very loyal and can be discreet and confidential at all times.
· Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment, including working on own initiative with little or no supervision.
Benefits include:
· We are currently trialling a 4-day working week and working hours would be Mon - Thurs 8:00am - 6:00pm and reverting back to the normal work schedule on the last week of the month (Mon-Thurs 9am-6pm, Friday 9am-2:30pm).
· Great location with easy access to train station and bus routes.
· Hybrid working.
· Bonuses as part of the company structure.
· Full use of our health provider, Simplyhealth.
· Most importantly, a fun and supportive team.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £25,000.00 per year Benefits:
* Company pension
* Private medical insurance
* Work from home
* 4-day working week, reverting back to 5-day working week for the last Friday of the month
* Early Friday finish on any Fridays worked Additional pay:
* Bonus scheme Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
Cowell Recruitment Ltd is an equal opportunities recruiter. E&OE. Please note that only applicants with right to work (RTW) full time will be considered for this role