Personal Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're recruiting for a
Personal Assistant to provide administrative support to ensure the smooth running of our day-to-day operations and drive simplification to implement new ways of working.

Location:
Cavendish Place, London with flexible/agile working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Contract:
Permanent, full-time - flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know.

Responsibilities
In this exciting Personal Assistant role, you'll play an essential role to our Senior Management Team.

You'll provide administrative services and proactive diary management to our Group Safety, Health and Wellbeing Director and Sustainability Director, including, but not limited to, arranging meetings, organising travel and preparing expenses.

You'll also co-ordinate key meetings, preparation of agendas and meeting papers. The role will involve supporting key projects and manging all invoicing, including raising Purchase Orders and collating monthly reports.

Who are we looking for?

A highly organised, confident individual with a proven track record of communicating and influencing across a range of audiences both internally and externally.

Ideally, you'll be qualified to degree level and demonstrable PA experience in supporting leadership and fast-paced teams. You'll be a good communicator, both written and verbal and able to demonstrate initiative and a problem solver.

You'll also be proficient with MS Office, particularly Word and Excel and an ability to deliver results where objectives and priorities change.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

26 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Take a look at our sustainability objectives:

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

If you would like to have an open and informal career conversation, then please reach out to Liam Murison, Senior HR Business Partner or Kerri Hurn, Assistant HR Business Partner.

Closing date:
Friday 24th February 2023