Overview
Marcilly Recruitment is seeking a high-calibre EA to support the CEO of a lovely technology client with a fantastic company culture.
This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing tech company with a fantastic culture and award-winning product. In the last five years they have won multiple awards and accolades from the likes of LinkedIn and Great Places to Work, to name a few. Their awards include “Best Workplace”, “Top 20 Start-ups”, “the second fastest growing tech company” and “Best initiative from an SME”.
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 Potential to stretch for the right person
Start date: ideally ASAP – but happy to wait a notice period as they can get a temp in
Hours: 09:00 – 17:00
Office based in West London five days a week – flexibility when needed
The client’s values
* Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile
* Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest
* Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way
* Achieve it together, working as a team
The Role
EA to CEO required to provide outstanding 1:1 support to the CEO across all areas of business support. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic and ambitious business at an exciting time of growth. The CEO has a wide variety of business, charity and social interests, and needs someone who has superb organisational skills who can keep up with the pace of the role. This role would be 5 days in their office in West London.
EA to CEO duties
* Sole responsibility for managing a complex set of engagements - business and occasional personal appointments
* High volume of internal and external meeting coordination
* Facilitating the seamless running of every day – greeting guests, preparing meeting rooms, timekeeping etc
* Reacting swiftly and efficiently to short notice changes
* Having the tenacity to ensure tasks are seen through to completion
* Developing a good understanding of business priorities
* Proactively assisting with document creation and maintenance
* Preparing and collating information for board packs using PowerPoint
* Liaising both internally and externally with Board members, key stakeholders and clients
* Co-ordinating travel, hotels, visa etc
* Personal and business administrative duties, and personal tasks as required
* As with this type of role, ad hoc tasks as required
EA to CEO requirements
The successful EA to CEO will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and be able to comfortably adapt to change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.
The Ideal EA to CEO Candidate
* Ideally 5+ years of experience in a similar Executive Assistant position
* Great commercial awareness
* Be able to demonstrate upmost professionalism and be comfortable representing the business to our network, which includes regularly liaising with high-status guests and HNWIs’
* First-rate written and verbal English, comfortable with drafting professional correspondence
* Able to troubleshoot issues before they become problematic, and proactively anticipate priorities
* Excellent MS Outlook/Word/PowerPoint/SharePoint skills
* Experience within a start-up culture ideal but not essential
* Highly organised, efficient and systematic
* Ability to exercise discretion around sensitive and business issues
* Supreme efficiency and attention to detail with the ability to adeptly multi-task
* Patience, tenacity and flexibility, with a calm and "unflappable" nature
* Self-initiative solution driven and able to think quickly on your feet
* "No task too small" attitude, happy to get stuck in and get things done
* Ability to build positive working relationships and work well with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Marcilly Recruitment is a boutique recruitment firm specialising in private household staff and operational business support across Europe and the Middle East, with offices in London and Dubai.
Unfortunately, due to the sheer volumes of applications we receive, we are unable to respond individually to each one. If you have not heard from us within five working days, then sadly your application has been unsuccessful.
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