Job Description
About us
Collinson Grant is a management consultancy, working with leading businesses throughout Europe and North America, and for public sector organisations. We help clients throughout the world to improve efficiency and profitability. Our work usually focuses on organisation, process, people, and costs. We restructure complex businesses in many sectors; turn around performance at struggling operations; improve efficiency in the public sector; and secure better returns from investments. Some of our previous clients include Balfour Beatty, Caterpillar, Channel 4, the Home Office, Imperial Tobacco, Jaguar Land Rover, NHS, Rolls Royce, and The AA.
We have been supporting clients to manage their people since we started more than 50 years ago. We are a third-generation family business offering excellent long-lasting careers to our employees.
About the position
We require an enthusiastic Executive Assistant/Administrator to provide high quality support to a team of our consultants.
Salary : £40,000 per annum
Benefits : Company pension, Bupa private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday plus public holidays
Hours : 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, permanently based in our office in Worsley, Manchester
About the job
Assisting a team of skilled consultants, directors and employment specialists you will be:
* proof-reading accurate e-mails, letters, presentations, proposals and reports
* managing diaries, arranging appointments and booking lunches
* organising travel and hotel accommodation
* maintaining databases and data cleansing
* ensuring standards of written work and service to customers are always maintained
* liaising with clients
* answering the telephone
* helping to organise events
* supporting other administrators.
About you
Given the responsibilities of this job, it is likely that your background and experience will include having spent some time working in a professional services environment and possibly have experience in working within law. You may additionally have experience of providing executive services-level support to a number of lawyers or similar professionals. You will be a natural organiser who thrives in a position that requires multi-tasking and working with a variety of people across the business.
You must:
* have a hands-on approach to work and be willing to assist with a range of tasks
* be able to work to tight deadlines and to prioritise your workload
* have excellent communication skills
* be an advanced user of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and be proficient in the rest of the Microsoft Office programmes. Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and InDesign would be good
* have a flexible approach to workload and hours of work
* drive and have access to your own vehicle
* be able to produce excellent quality written work
* be looking for a long-term position
* have excellent attention to detail