Role Description
This 6-month internship provides the right candidate the opportunity to gain experience within a fast-growing company, to develop hands-on office skills and learn how to interact with clients in a professional environment. Based in lovely boutique offices in Knightsbridge, this role will be suited to someone who enjoys working within a small, tight-knit and busy team.
Tasks interns should expect to learn about and undertake would include:-
• Providing general office admin and support to the Operations Team
• Receiving and transferring telephone calls from the main office switchboard
• Diary management through the coordinating of internal and client meetings and calls
• Organising travel, client and social events
• Organising and collecting lunch arrangements for the office and clients daily
• Maintaining internal stock of consumables and liaising with contractors and suppliers
• Arrange and accept deliveries by post or courier and inform the relevant member of staff of their arrival
• Client meet-and-greets and management of meeting rooms
• Supporting TPA's busy coaches in ad hoc projects for clients
As you will be supporting the Operations Team as a whole, there is the opportunity to develop skills within a particular area of interest – whether that be in Accounts, Marketing, Client Relationship Management or Events.
The following skills would be highly favourable:
• Have excellent IT and MS Office skills
• A warm team player who is extremely organised
• Able to reliably commute and work in London
• Have great attention to detail
• Not afraid to roll up their sleeves and muck in wherever necessary
• Articulate with good written and spoken English
• Language skills – particularly Spanish and German - a plus but not a necessity
• Desire to work within a Business Operations role in the future would be a bonus
Further Details:
• DURATION: 6 months with the potential of a job offer at the end
• START DATE: ASAP
• FULL-TIME POSITION: 5 days a week / Monday to Friday
• HOURS: 7 hours per day / 9:00am to 5:00pm (with 1 hour lunch break)
• PAY: £100 per day
• LOCATION: The TPA Head Office in Knightsbridge, London (potential for ad hoc 'work from home' days).
Benefits:
Lunches covered by TPA when in the office; participating in team training, events and socials; phone allowance; 12 days' holiday allowance, with the office closed between Christmas and NY which equates to an additional 6 days of holiday.
To Apply:
Please send an email with your CV attached to
Company Description
The Preston Associates is a premier Executive Coaching firm dedicated to developing individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide. Our business experts are hand-selected for their leadership experience, strategy-building, and industry influence. Since 2003, we have focused exclusively on coaching, enhancing business performance by developing better leaders. Our diverse network of 60 coaches offers a rich variety of expertise in multiple industries and languages, ensuring the best match for our clients' needs.