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What’s in it for you?

This role is a fast-paced role supporting the CRO. The role will involve extensive diary management and meeting arrangements as well as being the go-to person for the CRO. Your role will underpin the smooth-running of a busy team which works with all parts of the wider Octopus group. You'll be working in a deadline-driven environment and will need to be well organised and able to juggle and prioritise your workload.

The team:

The Risk and Compliance team are a social bunch of approximately 35 individuals across Risk, Compliance, Legal, CoSec, Valuations and Complaints. The team are a central function who work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure Octopus upholds our ethos of doing the right thing both regulatory and for customers.

As an Executive Assistant (EA) you will also be part of a network of EAs who work in various areas of the business, collaborating and sharing ideas on ways of working and driving improvements.

What will you be doing?

• Diary and email management: arranging and coordinating internal and external meetings often requiring proactive resolution of diary clashes. Monitoring and managing Outlook Inboxes, including prioritising between urgent issues and responding where necessary to facilitate the working patterns of the senior team.
• Creating high quality PowerPoint presentations, operating with multiple contributors providing a range of input.
• Supporting the Head of the team in the seamless delivery and execution of their objectives by taking the initiative to solve challenges and proactively making offers of help, tracking key tasks arising from meetings, taking minutes, chasing up minutes and action points.

Ideally, you’ll have:

✅ Strong MS Office PowerPoint and Excel skills. This includes formatting slides to be consistent with Octopus’ brand standards and creating financial charts in Excel.
✅ Prior experience as an Executive Assistant to Senior Leaders/C-Suite and the discretion required to support confidential projects and reports.
✅ The ability to solve problems, juggle several tasks at once and balance competing priorities in a fast-paced team.
✅ The ability to work collaboratively and develop relationships with multiple stakeholders, communicating progress and working with shifting deadlines.

Please note this is a 12/13 month FTC role to start from September 2023, so you will need to be available from then.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen?

This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that.

What we offer

Our Values

At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.

We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive employee experience for all. We promote equal opportunities for growth and development regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or socio-economic background. We believe strongly that teams are at their best when every member of the team feels safe to bring their whole self to work.

What we offer

Our Values

At Octopus we don’t just focus on what we do but also how we do it. Everyone shares our values of being straightforward, helpful and bold.

We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive employee experience for all. We promote equal opportunities for growth and development regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or socio-economic background. We believe strongly that teams are at their best when every member of the team feels safe to bring their whole self to work.