Personal Assistant
* Play a crucial role in support the Regional Manager
* Enjoy professional growth, regional travel, and the chance to make a real impact every day.
* Homebased role with exciting travel opportunities across the North West and Wales and occasionally other regions.
About the role
We have an exciting 11-month FTC opportunity for a proactive and highly organised Personal Assistant to provide exceptional support to the Regional Manager and wider team. This is a pivotal role where you'll play a key part in ensuring the smooth and efficient running of regional operations.
You'll act as a trusted point of contact, you will be responsible for coordinating diaries and scheduling meetings to arranging events, travel, and accommodation, ensuring all requirements are met efficiently and cost-effectively. The role will involve some travel across the region and, on occasion, overnight stays to support meetings and events.
You'll prepare and manage a wide range of documentation, including reports, presentations, and meeting minutes, always maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with NFU Mutual's policies.
No two days will be the same. Alongside your regular responsibilities, you'll have the opportunity to get involved in one-off projects and initiatives that help drive continuous improvement. This is a role for someone who thrives on variety, takes initiative, and enjoys supporting others to achieve their best. You'll also have access to a range of personal and professional development opportunities, allowing you to continue building your skills and progressing your career with NFU Mutual.
About you
You'll be highly organised with strong attention to detail, able to manage multiple priorities and keep everything running smoothly. A true team player, you'll build positive relationships and work collaboratively across the business to get things done.
Using your initiative, you'll anticipate needs, solve problems, and take ownership of your work. Clear and confident communication will come naturally to you, enabling you to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels. Above all, you'll be proactive, professional, and committed to supporting others and delivering excellent results.
You'll also have experience and knowledge of:
* Use of Microsoft Office Packages (Essential)
* Experience of producing presentations
* Previous administration / secretarial experience.
* Minute taking desirable.
* Good written and verbal English.
At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.
We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
Benefits and Rewards
When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:
* Salary up to £30,000 (depending on experience)
* Annual bonus (up to 10% of salary)
* Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
* A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
* Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
* £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
* Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
* Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
* Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
* Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
* Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
* Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
* Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility
Working at NFU Mutual
We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us.
We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of 'Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK', the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.