We have an exciting and challenging opportunity for a standout Personal Assistant (PA) to provide professional support to our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) here at National Grid!

Looking after their world you’ll play a crucial role in supporting our CFO, by extensively and proactively managing diaries and emails, organising travel and accommodation, and understanding and prioritising key activities to assist in achieving deadlines. You’ll co-ordinate meetings, offsites and conferences with both internal and external attendees and arrange key meetings, including direct report and team meetings, compile agendas, book locations, attend and take minutes where required. You’ll support the resolution of queries and issues and will respond to stakeholders, customers, and internal queries relevant to the CFO in a timely manner.

About You:

You’re highly organised and have previous experience working as a PA at C Suite / senior leadership level. You have excellent stakeholder management and can work in an ever changing, fast paced environment. You’ve experience in drafting routine correspondence, handling confidential/sensitive data, processing invoices and expenses via internal systems. You’re confident, forward thinking and can work under pressure and on your own initiative. Knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook are key to the role.

What You'll Get:

Up to £65,000 per annum - dependent on experience.

Plus:

• 15% 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 contributory pension scheme - we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• 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, with circa 2-3 days in the office. The closing date for this vacancy is 9 April 2023, with interviews due to take place w/c 24 April 2023. 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 Interconnectors, 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.