Role: Personal Assistant (Maternity Cover, 12 months FTC)
Location: Support Office, Doncaster/Hybrid Working
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
The Opportunity
In this role you’ll be first-hand support for our CEO and provide occasional support for the Chairman, COO, CGO & FD. You’ll be super organised, managing the logistics of busy diaries and being sure to take care of all the finer details. You’ll be able to multi-task and prioritise to make sure meetings are well prepared for, preparing all the relevant information and reports in good time. You’ll use your exceptional attention to detail to ensure nothing is missed, and that everything’s been thought through and considered in everything you do.
Who we are
We are a modern family business over 100 years’ experience designing and building quality, contemporary new homes. You’d think being over 100 years old that we’d be set in our ways, always doing what we’ve always done right? Wrong.
We are a unique brand synonymous with contemporary design, innovative marketing, and exemplary levels of customer service. From the house type range, the web-driven sales process, to the show home experience and personalisation options coupled with absolute adherence to quality: we are truly focused on exceeding customer expectations. Our team are always looking for ways to improve, innovate, and challenge the norm. You’ll have heard this before, but here you aren’t just a number, and we can prove it. We’re really proud to have been certified as a “Great Place to Work”, ranking #38 in Best Places to work for Wellbeing, #58 in Best Workplaces for Development, #30 in Best Workplaces for Women and #34 in the Best Workplaces list. So it goes without saying, we have something special. You’ll work in a place where your uniqueness is cherished, your development is championed, and you’re given all of the tools you’ll need to flourish. You’ll join a team with a vision to become the market leading customer experience home builder underpinned by our sustainability and social purpose credentials.
Responsibilities of the role
* Co-ordinating our CEO, CGO, COO and Chairman’s diary, making sure that all logistics are organised, taking care of all the finer details.
* Support preparing for meetings, making sure there’s the correct technology set up and the appropriate documentation is prepared.
* Collate information and data in preparation for presentations and reports.
* Take Board meeting minutes with a quick turnaround.
* Respond quickly to calls and emails on our CEO’s behalf, always giving fantastic service in the appropriate tone of voice.
* Ability to communicate well with different people at all levels.
* Take a proactive and pre-emptive approach and use initiative to always ensure things run smoothly.
* Arrange Travel & Catering for onsite and offsite events.
* Treat information with absolute discretion and confidentiality.
* Assist planning and organising internal and external company events, working closely with our First Impressions team.
* Project lead on Strata Charity Ball, liaising internally and externally.
* Organise Strata Drop-in Days internally, communicating with our contractors.
What’s in it for you?
* Is Laughing Yoga or flower arranging for you? Maybe a climbing wall or fitness classes are more your thing. You’ll find out at our wellbeing mornings, where we all down tools and try new activities as a team in our Support Office. From mocktail making to pottery painting, there’s something for everyone.
* A personalised health report annually from our partner Champion Health.
* Dedicated time for you to spend on your own development with our personal development days and access to a whole host of content through My Development Portal.
* Access to our partner platform Benefex, which gives you access to purchase a whole host of discounted benefit options via salary sacrifice such as dental plans, pension salary sacrifice, PMI, gym memberships, cycle to work schemes plus many more.
* Financial support when you are ill, with a generous company sick pay scheme.
* Your health needs covered with level 1 Westfield Health cover for you and dependent children.
* The encouragement to take a well-earned break with a holiday allowance of 26 days plus the usual public holidays, and the added flexibility to purchase up to 5 extra days each year through our holiday purchase scheme.
* A Strata Group Fund pension scheme with a minimum contribution from you of 3% and we’ll contribute 6%. This rises to a member contribution of 4% and we’ll contribute 7% for anyone 40 or over.
* Death in service benefit of a minimum 4x basic salary.
* The opportunity to work flexibly in a way that works for you (role dependent).
* A whole host of Fundraising, Volunteering and Social events to get involved in
Are you the brick to our mortar?
* Then Join Us!