The Vacancy
Are you an exceptional organiser with a passion for making things happen behind the scenes? Join us as a Personal Assistant to our Managing Director and play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth running of our Construction Division.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage a complex diary, ensuring efficient scheduling and prioritisation.
* Handle incoming calls and emails with professionalism and discretion.
* Anticipate needs, take ownership of tasks, and deliver on requests proactively.
* Organise travel arrangements and itineraries, and on occasion travel.
* Take accurate minutes during meetings and distribute promptly.
* Prepare, edit, and format correspondence, reports, and presentations.
* Collate and submit expenses in a timely manner.
About You
* Proven experience as a Personal Assistant supporting C‑suite leaders.
* Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
* Strong communication skills with tact and diplomacy when liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities and ensure smooth diary coordination.
* Confident in using Microsoft Office and other relevant tools.
What We Offer
* Competitive salary & profit share scheme.
* Flexible working.
* Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates).
* Extensive corporate benefits including private medical, pension 8% employers’ contribution, health and wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and more.
* Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
* Industry‑leading family leave benefits: 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
* For more about life at Wates please visit https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/.
We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.
If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In‑House Recruitment Team directly or via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.
As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned business means we understand and value long‑term relationships.
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offences. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre‑employment checks. To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting.
Work for WATES
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family‑owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment. We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’, and our three promises:
* Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
* Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
* Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family‑owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity. The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, Zero Carbon, and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates is pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.
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