Job Title: Executive Assistant
Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire (Office-Based)
Hours: Monday - Friday 07:00am - 16:30pm (Flexibility considered)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 (DOE) + company wide bonus
Are you the kind of Executive Assistant who thrives on bringing structure to a busy, fast-moving environment? Do you enjoy taking ownership, anticipating needs, and making senior leaders more effective every single day? If this sounds like you, a leading specialist contractor in the refurbishment and fit-out sector is looking for an Executive Assistant to support its senior leadership team during an exciting phase of growth.
About the Company
This well-established business has built a strong reputation delivering high-quality, end-to-end refurbishment solutions across education and commercial environments. With over two decades of success and ambitious growth plans, they combine stability with a forward-thinking, people-focused culture where initiative and ownership are highly valued.
What's the role about?
As Executive Assistant, you'll become a trusted right hand to senior leaders, ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations while contributing to wider business success.
- Provide proactive support to senior leadership, enabling them to focus on strategic priorities
- Take full ownership of inbox and diary management, ensuring time is used effectively
- Coordinate meetings, track actions, and keep key projects moving forward
- Support cross-functional business activities and internal projects
- Help maintain organisational structure, reporting, and key performance tracking
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and prioritise complex inboxes, responding on behalf of senior leaders where appropriate
- Coordinate diaries, ensuring priorities are aligned and deadlines are met
- Organise meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow up on key actions
- Track projects and strategic initiatives, ensuring progress stays on course
- Produce reports, maintain KPI trackers, and support business performance visibilityAssist with recruitment coordination and onboarding processes
- Provide flexible support across departments to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
Requirements
You’re a proactive, detail-oriented EA who takes pride in staying one step ahead. You’ll bring:
- Proven experience in an Executive Assistant, ideally within an SME environment
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and adapt quickly
- Excellent communication skills and confidence acting on behalf of senior stakeholders
- High attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- A proactive, ‘can‑do’ attitude with the confidence to take initiative
- Discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive information
Benefits
- Impact: A highly visible role where your work directly supports business growth
- Autonomy: Trust to take ownership and make decisions without constant direction
- Growth: Opportunity to develop as the business continues to expand
- Reward: Competitive salary up to £45,000 (Dependent on experience) company-wide bonus scheme, and pension, holiday allowance of 28 days (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing on length of service
- Culture: Supportive, down-to-earth team with regular company events
