What's involved with this role: Personal Assistant JM BL 367284 £13.53 per hour PAYE Location: Exeter (Middlemoor) or Dorset (Winfrith) 37 hours per week Contract: 12 months Candidate can be based at either Middlemoor, Exeter or Dorset (Winfrith). Please state preferred location on your application/CV Our Client is seeking a proactive and highly organised Personal Assistant (PA) to provide key administrative and organisational support to up to three senior Principals at the highest senior level. This role plays a vital part in enabling the effective delivery of senior-level priorities and ensuring seamless coordination across the wider Senior Leadership Team (SLT) Key Responsibilities Manage the diaries of up to three senior Principals, prioritising and coordinating engagements effectively. Triage and respond to incoming calls, correspondence, and emails, ensuring efficient communication flow. Organise meetings and events, taking accurate minutes and ensuring Principals are fully briefed. Maintain secure and efficient record-keeping systems. Liaise with senior leaders to collate information and draft responses on behalf of Principals. Carry out other administrative tasks as required, including providing informal guidance to new colleagues. Essential Criteria Educated to A Level standard or with relevant business experience. Recognised business administration qualification (or willingness to work towards one). Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft 365 and document formatting. Ability to learn and work with internal systems such as SharePoint. Good judgement and decision-making skills. Strong organisational abilities and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines. High attention to detail with a methodical approach. Experience in minute taking or similar administrative functions. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. "XI JM Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.