An exciting and challenging opportunity for an exceptional senior Personal Assistant to provide professional dedicated PA and administration support to a Group Executive in a FTSE listed business.

Working closely with the Executive, you’ll look after their incredibly busy business world by extensively and proactively managing complex and ever-changing diaries, email inbox management, organise domestic & regular international travel and accommodation, telephone screening, and co-ordinating meetings, seminars, and conferences where required. You’ll also be responsible for associated administration, such as expense management, drafting routine correspondence, invoicing, document and agenda management.

About You:

You’re exceptionally organised, diligent and conscientious, and have considerable proven background working as a PA or EA at C-Suite or senior leadership level. You have outstanding stakeholder management skills, enjoy multi-tasking in a very demanding, fast-paced environment, and take pride and responsibility in your work. You’re experienced in handling confidential and sensitive information, discreet, forward-thinking and can work under pressure on your own initiative. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft software, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel & PowerPoint is essential.

This is an urgent hire for us; therefore we can only consider applicants on a 1 month notice.

What we can Offer You:

Up to £52,000 per annum - dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Up to 10% Annual Bonus (based on personal and company performance)
• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days every year
• A generous double-match contributory pension scheme
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions
• Life Insurance 10 x base salary.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness, and wellbeing.

Further Information:

This is a hybrid working role from The Strand. The closing date for this vacancy is Weds 3rd May 2023, with interviews due to take place 10th/ 11th May 2023, with a June 2023 start date.

We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

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About Us:

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt.

The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. Working at National Grid, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in the UK – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

https://www.nationalgrid.com/about-us