Executive Assistant

Reed is working with a market leading Client in Sussex who are seeking an Executive Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. This is a full-time, hybrid position.

The successful candidate will be a competent, highly proactive, motivated and organised. The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate experience in handling competing and complex priorities.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for providing senior level support to Directors.
• Comprehensive diary management including prioritising and scheduling meetings as well as minute taking.
• Arrangement of business travel
• Extensive telephone duties; interaction with high profile external clients as well as senior management from within the firm.
• Thorough and timely administration of expenses and reconciliation of corporate credit cards.
• Assist with various business initiatives ad-hoc projects, such as event management, helping prepare speaking notes and involvement in external events.

Required skills:

• Extensive experience strong secretarial / PA roles
• High level of written communication and excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to handle challenging situations.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills; an effective and open communicator
• Self-starter with ability to be proactive, use initiative, prioritise and multi-task.
• Strong time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Systems knowledge: extensive knowledge of MS Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel