The role will provide full PA support to the MD allowing her to continue to develop the business and take forward her high touch approach to client and supplier relationships. The MD has had an illustrious career in banking and finance before moving to run this established business and is looking for a right hand person to work alongside her as the comp any continues to expand. This will mean that the PA will have a much more involved role, for example no just sorting the inbox but actively managing the incoming mail, sorting, distributing to the wider team for input of follow up and drafting the initial responses to much correspondence. You will therefore need a confident and eloquent written style and be able to work with the SMT and wider team to gather the information necessary to pull other the responses on behalf of the SLT, weighing the information to suggest a finite possible number of actions to take. Alongside this the role will prepare all board paperwork, collating and producing reports from the business units and ensuring that the full paperwork goes out to board in ample time for meetings. Working closely alongside the MD will require a PA who has their finger on the pules of the wider business, who is able to meet and greet VIPs and arrange the hospitality for any functions or meetings.

This is great opportunity for a EA from professional services to take a step in to a board PA role for a private company. You will need:

• Experience of dealing with or preparing board papers

• Solid EA and PA skills including expenses, diary and inbox management, travel management

• Drafting and preparing reports

• Be confident when meeting and greeting clients.

• Be proactive and able to prioritise

• Able to muck in and not precious to get involved in the day to day tasks around the office – leading by example.

The business work a core 35 hour week but offer good flexibility, ie to accommodate personal preference, nursery pick-ups, etc. The MD is looking for a professional PA with good judgement who can balance the requirements for company and role. Based in West Birmingham with free parking the role is looking up to £37,000.

To find out more and to discuss the opportunity in more detail, please call Verity at Katie Bard on 01216334443.