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Executive Personal Assistant - Funkypigeon.com - Flexible Working Available

Employer
WHSmith
Location
Bristol
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
4 Jun 2021

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Job Details

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive PA to join our Funky Pigeon Head Office in Bristol to support our Managing Director. This is a fast paced role where you will be required to carry out a range of professional tasks and secretarial duties.

What you'll be doing:
* Provide daily secretarial and administrative support, to include but not limited to; arranging travel and accommodation, booking meeting rooms, scheduling meetings, minute taking, diary management (maintaining outlook calendar) and ordering of materials
* HR Administration duties such as processing holiday forms, maintaining absence reports and personnel files and setting up New Starters
* Copying and circulating packs including board papers
* Scheduling internal and external meeting, and providing a first point of contact to external parties
* Updating and amending presentations and board papers using Microsoft Word and Powerpoint
* Providing admin support to the relevant teams
* Providing holiday cover for other Business Unit and Executive PAs
* Prioritise conflicting demands to ensure a high level of service is delivered at all times

What we are looking for:
* Previous PA/Secretarial experience at a similar level is essential
* Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to liase with internal stakeholders as well as external suppliers
* Confident MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint user with the ability to manage and prioritise a range of outstanding scheduling requirements
* Highly organised and excellent attention to detail
* Proactive and possess exceptional time management skills in order to effectively prioritise workload
* Ability to work well under pressure, within a fast paced environment/role
* Personal strength and resilience. A 'can do' philosophy will be essential for success.

Whoever joins us always receives excellent training and development opportunities. You can also expect a competitive salary and excellent benefits that includes a profit related bonus, 24 days holiday plus your birthday off and much more! For customer focus, career focused individuals this all adds up to a unique opportunity.

Company

WHSmith started in 1792 with a small news vendor in Little Grosvenor Street, London, followed by the opening of our first bookstall in Euston Station in 1848. We quickly established ourselves as the favoured newsagent, stationers and bookseller opening stores across the UK. From this point on, there has been no looking back.

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