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We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for a highly experienced C-Suite PA - to provide executive support to a Senior Level Executive in our top FTSE-listed business, based at our corporate Head Office at The Strand in London, on a permanent basis.

Our Personal Assistants play a crucial role, working closely with the Executive you’ll look after their world by extensively and proactively managing diaries and emails, organise international and national travel and accommodation, understanding and prioritising key activities to assist in achieving deadlines. As PA you will also co-ordinate meetings, seminars, conferences, where required, and dinners including Direct Report and team meetings. We’re specifically seeking a diligent, organised and forward-thinking individual with excellent communication skills and who can work in an ever changing fast-paced, pressurised environment.

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, in a large complex corporate business. 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 & Share-point is essential.

What we can Offer:

Up to £50,000 per annum - dependent on experience.

Plus:

• Up to 6% Annual Bonus and annual salary benchmarking
• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days in addition
• Buy/ sell additional 5 holiday days annually
• Generous double-match contributory pension scheme (for every £1 you put in we put in £2, to a max company contribution of 12%)
• 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 full time permanent role from our corporate Head Office at the Strand in London. You’ll need to be in the Strand 3-4 days per week (to mirror the Exec you’re supporting), however, whilst the Exec spends time working away in the US a lot, you can work from home fully whilst they are away. Overall, we need someone with flexibility during the working week. Our working week is 37 hours.

The closing date for this vacancy is Weds 6th September 2023, with interviews due to take place w/c 11th September.

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.