Personal Assistant Manchester, England
BT
Full Time
Manchester, England
38396 - 40306 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Personal Assistant
Job Req ID: 16731
Posting Date: 5 Jun 2023
Function: Corporate Functions
Location:
Deansgate, Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits package
Personal Assistant – Manchester (Hybrid) – Competitive salary and benefits package
As a Personal Assistant for our Property and Facilities Services team you will be responsible for providing high quality and pro-active personal assistance support to the MD and Leadership team of P&FS. Taking responsibility for optimising the leaderships time and ensuring the smooth running of day to day activities for the team.
You will coordinate and manage extremely busy diaries, monitor emails, arrange internal and external meetings and events. Additional support activities include; UK and overseas travel and itineraries, preparing for meetings including helping to prepare PowerPoint presentations and coordinating agendas and briefings in advance.
The key for the success of this role will be running an efficient office for the MD and provide support to senior members of the team.
You will be expected to always have a professional approach and a high degree of trustworthiness, discretion and confidentiality.
What’s in it for you? What are the benefits?
At BT, we entertain, educate and empower millions of people every single day. We’re a brand built on connecting people – whether that’s friends, family, businesses or communities. Working here, you’ll receive an attractive salary and a range of competitive benefits, but – more than that – you’ll be joining an ambitious organisation with a culture of togetherness, collaboration and inclusivity. Benefits of working for BT include:
- Tailored training and development opportunities to continue to build your career
- 25 days’ annual leave (not including bank holidays)
- Pension scheme - you contribute 5%, BT contributes 10%
- Discounted BT broadband and BT Sport, BT TV and Mobile
- Share option schemes
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes and many more flexible benefits to fit around you
What will the role involve as our Personal Assistant?
- Builds a trusted and effective working relationship with the P&FS stakeholder community across BT
- Owner of the P&FS Leadership team diaries, with minimal guidance, strategically co-ordinates and aligns the diary by exercising judgement and decision-making while filtering, prioritising and delegating requests and solving conflicts, with minimum instruction.
- Coordinates content and activities, leveraging stakeholder relationships, using experience, and expertise
- Ensures actionable emails are dealt with daily and open actions are tracked through to completion.
- Independently responds to emails, delegating and sharing as appropriate, seeking guidance where required.
- Coordinates agendas and briefings in advance of meetings, working with content owners and subject matter expert leads.
What are we looking for in our Personal Assistant? You may have a variety of the below;
- Confidentiality: diplomacy and discretion in keeping sensitive strategic, commercial and personnel matters - confidentiality is paramount
- Time Management and Planning: strong skills in planning, organisation and time management, strong grasp of detail, working to deadlines.
- Autonomy: ability to work with minimum of instruction, anticipate needs and be a self-starter are essential
- Relationship building: able to present a strong professional front, build strong relationships and develop wide networks internally and externally to exert influence on outcomes, get work done through others, without direct authority
Who are the Corporate Functions?
Corporate Functions help deliver our strategy and plans for growth. We shape and steer the direction of the business by managing our people, finances, shared services and buildings. We also oversee our legal, regulatory and compliance obligations too.
The Property & Facilities Services team are accountable for all aspects of the BT Global property portfolio which includes offices, operational exchanges, data centres, depots and specialist buildings. The portfolio extends to over 8,500 properties across the globe and we provide workplace facilities services to circa 100,000 colleagues globally. The cost of operating the portfolio including cumuli rates is circa £1Bn pa.
How to Apply
So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT
It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!
BT is an equal opportunities employer. We’re working hard to create an inclusive working environment, where people from all backgrounds can succeed. We want to make sure your recruitment experience is the best it can be – so, if you’re selected for an interview, please let us know if there’s any adjustments we can make that would be helpful for you.
BT
www.bt.com/careers
London, United Kingdom
Philip Jansen
Unknown / Non-Applicable
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Telecommunications Services
1846
