Description We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Executive Personal Assistant to join our People Function team. Job Type: 12 month FTC Location: This is a London-based role, requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. These days must align with the Chief People Officer’s on-site schedule. There will also be travel between Birmingham, Edinburgh and London offices for Leadership Team meetings. Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here. Closing Date: 05/01/2026 Salary and benefits : £53,000 -£63,000 DOE plus an indicative bonus range of 16-32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more Who are we? We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked. We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet. The role We’re currently recruiting for an Executive Personal Assistant to join our People Team supporting our Chief People Officer to provide an efficient, effective and highly confidential administrative and secretarial support service. Role holders are fully involved in all their business activities including supporting their work, sometimes of a sensitive nature, linked to business strategy. The ability to work independently and collaboratively, comfortable taking initiative and working autonomously, while also contributing effectively as part of a team to achieve organisational goals is key for this role. What are we looking for? Proven experience supporting an ExCo/Board executive, preferably a CPO before in an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, or similar role providing high-level administrative and organisational support to senior executives Exceptional organisational and time-management skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines. Ability to manage competing demands while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. Advanced written and verbal communication skills, experience in preparing high-quality correspondence, reports, and presentations; taking accurate minutes; and liaising professionally with internal and external stakeholders. Ability to communicate clearly and confidently on behalf of senior leaders. High-level technical proficiency, Particularly strong skills in PowerPoint (for executive presentations), Excel (for budgets, reports, and data analysis), and Word (for professional documentation). Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Teams or SharePoint is advantageous. Professionalism, integrity, and discretion, demonstrated ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and sound judgment. Builds trusted relationships through integrity and discretion, enabling successful collaboration We want to hire the whole version of you. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. Please note that we reserve the right to remove adverts earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity. Find out more about LifeAtPhoenix Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us Hiring over the festive period: Many of our colleagues will be taking a well-earned break over the festive period. We’re still advertising our open roles and as part of our commitment to providing the best candidate experience, we wanted to let you know that there may be a delay in responding to applications received between the 19th December and 5th January. Please bear with us and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can. LI-CN1 LI-HYBRID