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Personal Assistant United Kingdom

Sky

Full Time United Kingdom 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today

Job description

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

Personal assistant to the Group People Service Operations Director and the Group Strategic Workforce Director.

You will need to thrive in a fast paced and demanding environment, possess strong attention to detail, bring a sense of fun and energy to the world of work, establish and maintain excellent working relationships at all levels, and be able to work autonomously as well as being a great teammate!

What you'll do:

Provide professional and effective administrative support –Hospitality orders, preparing agenda’s/materials, meeting and greeting visitors, and processing expenses.
Provide ad-hoc support for the various teams.
Act as a delegate to Directors of for Sky systems including Ariba, Spark & Sky Life for all administrative functions required (i.e. approvals and requests)
Provide new starter support to Directors of leading the onboarding process, organising their system set-up and ordering new equipment.
Attend key meetings as required, organising onsite and offsite departmental events.
Lead Corporate business Travel- Arranging domestic and international travel itineraries, flights, rail and taxi’s.
Be responsible for proactive diary management – seamlessly organising and maintaining a very busy and constantly changing diaries. Booking all meeting rooms, organising frequent video conferencing sessions for our teams.
Respond to enquiries and requests; ensuring all client and key contact enquiries are handled efficiently and effectively, seeking answers and resolving matters personally where appropriate. Acting as an effective conduit to the Directors.

What you'll bring:

Excellent communication skills (verbal & written); able to build effective relationships internally and externally.
Excellent knowledge of and proficiency in using: Microsoft Office Package; Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and database systems
A desire to achieve excellence, being motivated and driven.
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy – using methodical approach to ensure all aspects of a task or project are anticipated and dealt with
Ability to work under pressure, to tight time scales and enjoy understanding issues and problem solving.
Exceptional organisational skills, ability to multi-task, have good time management and an eye for detail.
A confident, friendly, approachable manner with a flexible, can do attitude, collaborating for success.
The ability to show maturity and initiative in often pressurised and confidential situations.
Ability to prioritise and appropriately lead senior team members requirements.
The ability and willingness to take on new and different challenges

Human Resources

Our HR team is all about making Sky a great place to work that’s both fair and inclusive for our people. We do OUR best to help everyone be at THEIR best. From hiring fantastic people to offering great benefits, from supporting learning and careers to making sure everyone gets paid on time – it all makes a difference. We want our people to have everything they need to design exciting products, create amazing TV, deliver the best customer service and much, much, more!

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
A generous pension package
Private healthcare
Discounted mobile and broadband
Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

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