Personal Assistant - up to £250 per day

Salary: up to £250 per day

Location: London

Contract Length: 2 Months

Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days in 2 days from home

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled Personal Assistant to provide top-notch administrative and secretarial support within a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company. This role offers the chance to work in an environment that values respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism. The successful candidate will be part of a team where achievement is rewarded, making it an ideal place to develop your career. The role involves supporting a manager or a small group of managers, ensuring all dependent activities are completed to a high standard and in line with stakeholder expectations.

• Opportunity to work in a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company
• Role offers professional growth and development
• Work environment that values respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism

What you'll do:

As a Personal Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive administrative support within our dynamic team. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include contributing to the preparation and implementation of operational team plans, determining your own work priorities, assisting in the preparation of crucial documentation, maintaining diaries and address books, organising travel itineraries, preparing expenses for payment, maintaining departmental filing systems, performing activities as directed by superiors, developing internal/external relationships, and acting as secretary to key statutory committees. Your ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail will be key to success in this role.

• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of operational team plans
• Determine own work priorities and activities in line with agreed plans
• Assist in the preparation of documentation such as board papers following expected protocols and standards
• Maintain diaries and address books to ensure effective time management
• Organise travel itineraries and accommodation in line with requirements and protocols
• Prepare and submit expenses for payment, ensuring accurate capture on relevant systems
• Maintain departmental filing systems ensuring information is up-to-date and easily accessible
• Perform activities as directed to ensure obligations are met while minimising risk and maximising efficiency
• Develop internal/external relationships to support the achievement of business objectives
• Act as secretary to key statutory committees ensuring effective administration of meetings

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Personal Assistant role will bring extensive secretarial experience within a corporate environment, preferably at a PA level or working for a Senior Manager/Head of/Director. A degree-level education is desirable, along with core secretarial skills including time and diary management. Proficiency in MS Office applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is essential. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills, an ability to plan and manage their own workload, and the capacity to work independently while managing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines. A strong customer orientation, the ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment, and meticulous attention to detail are also key attributes for this role.

• Extensive secretarial experience within a corporate environment at a PA level or working for a Senior Manager/Head of/Director
• Degree level education (or equivalent) is desirable
• Core secretarial skills including time and diary management
• Proficiency in MS Office applications; Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to plan and manage own workload plus manage upwards
• Ability to work independently while managing conflicting priorities to achieve deadlines
• Strong customer orientation skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a team environment
• Strong attention to detail

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a leading, diversified specialty insurance and reinsurance company that values respect, honesty, trust, and professionalism. They offer an exciting and challenging environment where achievement is rewarded, making it an ideal place to develop your career. They believe that the way they work is just as important as the work they do, and they are guided by their core values in all their operations. They respond thoughtfully and creatively to find the best outcomes for their clients and business partners through carefully tailored solutions.

What's next:

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