Administrative Assistant

A fantastic and well known charity is currently recruiting an experienced Executive Assistant to join their growing organization.

Our client has for over 50 years been giving independent advice and have campaigned to defend consumer rights. They are best known for achieving this through providing expert reviews and advice on products and services which have produced positive change for consumers.

Responsibilities will include:

– Assist the EA with day to day
– Provide PA/administration support to Head of Campaigns and Communications/Head of Consumer Action Initiatives and Head of News
– Maintain diary management and ensure that all tasks are completed within correct timeframes
– Prepare and circulate documents in preparation for meetings
– Organise meetings as requested, minute and circulate notes
– Distribute incoming post, magazine subscriptions and newspapers
– Update intranet with staff details of leavers/new starters

To qualify for this role you will need to meet all of the following requirements:

– Highly efficient and able to organise and prioritise own workload & to multi task effectively
– Confident in dealing with people of all levels and with different demands. Ability to communicate with both internal colleagues and external contacts
– Excellent communication skills – written and verbal. A professional telephone manner
– Good organizer & record keeper – ability to set up tracking systems and procedures to support work
– Attention to detail, accurate and thorough
– Experience of working both in a team and independently without supervision
– Experience of working under pressure and to deadline whilst paying attention to detail
– IT skills at an excellent working level – especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint
– Ability to keep calm under pressure whilst maintaining work is completed in a timely manner

Benefits include contributory pension, private medical, 28 days annual leave and fresh fruit.

Salary: £27,600 – £30,000

We regret that we are unable to contact all applicants due to the high volume of response to this role and only successfull candidates will be contacted. If you feel you have the necessary experience and skills then please forward your CV