Personal Assistant - Business Support London, England
Job description
Permanent, Full time 34.5 hours per week
Location: Home-based or Dual London/ Home
Salary: £26,000 – £29,000 (Home based) or £29,500 - £32,500 (Dual London/ Home)
Closing Date: 30/01/2023
Interview Date: Week of 06/02/23
Are you an experienced administrator, with excellent verbal and written communication skills? Do you want to support and enable Macmillan to achieve great results? If so, this could be the role for you…
We are striving to do everything we can to ensure that our workforce is representative of the people we support, and those who support us. We advocate for being an inclusive organisation, where everyone can feel that they belong and where there are no barriers to success.
We want every individual to feel empowered to bring their best to work, and that’s why we offer flexibility in our working locations, working hours and benefits so we can support you in your life and your career, and we welcome a conversation about how these options can best support you.
We offer a range of flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, e.g. 34.5 hours in 4 days instead of 5, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm and more options.
About the role
Day-to-day you will be a Directors first point of contact for a range of administrative tasks, including meetings, events, travel, finance, HR, and recruitment.
You will use your skills and knowledge to provide effective support, to maintain excellent service and operational delivery for the relevant Directorate, and to aid delivery of their strategic objectives.
As a Personal Assistant you are part of a centralised Business Support Team, managed by a Team Leader. Working in partnership with other Personal Assistants and Executive Assistants you will uphold a high performing and self-sufficient culture.
About you
As our ideal candidate you will have demonstrable administrative experience. Your strong written and verbal communication skills will be essential, as well as your confidence to engage with people. You have ability to organise, plan, work proactively and to manage competing demands.
You will be able to demonstrate your flexible approach and experience of delivering in a matrix team. You enjoy working at pace, trying new ideas, and learning and improving as you go to achieve the best results.
If the above sounds like you, and you are confident using Microsoft Office applications, digital tools and business e-platforms, we would love to hear from you.
About us
We help millions of people with cancer across the UK live life as fully as they can through physical, emotional, and financial support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. Together, we do whatever it takes for people living with cancer: with heart, with strength and with ambition.
Recruitment Process
The application deadline is 30/01/23, with virtual interviews taking placing from week of 06/02/23. Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies based on volume of applications.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan People Services Team on [email protected] for advice and recruitment adjustments.
