Personal Assistant
Location: Cheltenham, UK (Hybrid working)
Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, On-site gym, Free on-site parking, Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles.
Role Overview:
Are you someone who thrives on supporting others and ensuring everything runs like clockwork? Join Spirax Sarco as a Personal Assistant supporting our Sales Director, Services & Sustainability Director, and Finance Director within the EMEA region, along with their wider teams. This hybrid role is pivotal to the success of our division, ensuring smooth coordination and communication across departments. You’ll be a trusted partner to our leaders, helping them stay organised, efficient, and focused on driving growth. Occasional overseas travel and office presence during key meetings or events may be required.
Your objectives and responsibilities will focus on…
1. Managing and prioritising executive schedules for seamless coordination.
2. Handling confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
3. Organising meetings, travel arrangements, and divisional events.
4. Preparing reports, presentations, and correspondence.
5. Acting as a liaison between executives and internal/external stakeholders.
6. Providing feedback and actionable recommendations to enhance executive effectiveness.
Your previous experience is likely to include….
7. Proven success as a Personal Assistant or in a similar administrative support role.
8. Strong organisational and time-management skills.
9. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
10. Proficiency in MS Office and other relevant software tools.
11. Experience working independently and managing multiple tasks efficiently.
To be successful in this role you will…
12. Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
13. Be proactive, resourceful, and solutions-focused.
14. Demonstrate high integrity, professionalism, and discretion.
15. Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities.
16. Be detail-oriented, dependable, and business-savvy.
17. Communicate clearly and confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.
18. Bring a positive, can-do attitude and a willingness to grow and learn.
19. Be innovative, always looking for ways to improve systems and processes.
The Steam Thermal Solutions business is one of three businesses within Spirax Group. Spirax Sarco and Gestra, are our two brands that form Steam Thermal Solutions and are global leaders in the supply of engineered solutions for the design, provision and maintenance of efficient industrial and commercial steam systems. Steam Thermal Solutions has global coverage across 67 operating units (called OpCos), organised into four Divisions: EMEA, APAC, Americas, Gestra.
Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!
Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.
Benefits
You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.
Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.
We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.
We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender-neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause-friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at .
We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.