A leading Birmingham based are currently seeking a talented Team Assistant to support the EA to the CEO. This is a permanent role, offering a salary of up to £22,000, and offers excellent personal development!

If you are currently seeking a step up within a leading and innovative organisation, working with a fast-paced team, this may be the perfect career move for you!

Within this varied and fast-paced role, there will be a range of responsibilities, including:

·         Diary management; scheduling meetings and appointments, booking rooms/ setting up MS Teams, liaising directly with external contacts and hosting them at the offices as necessary.

·         Emails; managing the executive office mailbox and dealing with requests as they come in including dealing with travel requests and expenses.

·         Board Meetings; alongside the EA preparing any material prior to internal meetings, producing reports, creating presentations and slide packs for meetings, attending the SMT meetings and taking minutes/ action points.

·         Documents and reports; creating and drafting presentations for external meetings using PowerPoint and Excel. A creative flair and ability to create professional documents is highly desirable. An intermediate knowledge of Excel is useful but not essential but the ability to collate a clear and succinct report is key

·         Managing incoming calls for the SMT; answering calls professionally and politely, passing calls to the appropriate person, dealing with all enquiries.

·         General office management; being the central point of support for the office, liaising the building managers and external contactors to ensure the running on the office on a day to day basis.

As the ideal candidate, you must possess some office support experience. You must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be confident to deal with senior stakeholders as you will be working at c-suite level and dealing with members of the senior leadership team and board on daily basis. Excellent working knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages including PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. A desire to learn and develop in the role of a PA the ability to work in a busy team, prioritising work efficiently and with ease.

This is a great role if you are looking to develop your admin or team support experience into a fully-fledged PA role. Working at the most senior level of a significant nationwide business you will be working alongside an excellent, motivated and professional EA who will act as your mentor.

To find out more about this fantastic opportunity or other opportunities Katie Bard are currently recruiting for, please contact Verity Stokes on 01216334443.