Executive Assistant - Canterbury, United Kingdom - Decipher Group

Decipher Group

Verified Company

Canterbury, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Canterbury

Permanent / Full Time

Support a highly regarded Executive team and Board
Contribute to the performance and success of the company
Make a positive impact in this critical role

About the company

Dairy Holdings Limited (Dairy Holdings) is a New Zealand and majority owned and operated company with 100% of its farming assets right here in the South Island of New Zealand.

Dairy Holdings is the largest milk supplier and shareholder of Fonterra. As well as upholding a longstanding partnership with Silver Fern Farms as their primary meat processor.

Forward-thinking and strategic, Dairy Holdings employ simple and efficient processes that are adhered to, day in, day out in order to deliver quality outputs for their region.

The group is committed to providing long-term, sustainable, and ethical business with a strong focus on healthy people, animals, and the environment.

With an inherently loyal team at Dairy Holdings, the Executive Assistant (EA), who is essential in supporting the CEO and wider management team has decided it's time to hand over the reins.

Although they are very big shoes to fill, we are looking for a talented EA to step up to join the team and help support this exceptional local company to perform to its maximum.

Excited?

About the opportunity

This role will provide day to day support to the management team including the Chief Executive, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, People and Culture Officer and Board of Directors who have an incredibly busy and ever-changing diary, while also supporting the wider business and providing general office administration support.

In doing this, the Executive Assistant will:

Provide tailored support and assistance to the Chief Executive, wider management team and the Board to ensure they can deliver on accountabilities, while preserving confidentiality and professionalism
Proactively coordinate monthly Management meetings, prepare agendas, draft minutes and circulate to the Management team whilst taking charge of any follow up actions
Control all secretarial and administrative areas of the office including company compliance, in a professional and discrete manner
Manage the calendar and diary of the Management team, to arrange and schedule meetings, calls, events, and travel commitments as appropriate
Support the Management team with internal correspondence to ensure high level of communication between the Management team and office/field staff
Manage the collation and professional presentation of all documents that leave the office including reports, presentation material, Board papers and other documentation/material required for conferences, analyst presentations and miscellaneous meetings.

This role needs an all-rounder who provides effortless, quality support and pre-empts issues to support a fast-paced team. Is this you?

About you
Your knowledge of technology and Microsoft Office software will be a great asset to the team.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as a natural initiative in arranging and managing logistics of the Senior Leadership teams commitments.

More importantly, you'll have a friendly, down to earth nature with an eagerness to get involved and exceed expectations.

Dairy Holdings is an incredibly supportive and values-based environment. The team is genuinely caring, always happy to help, and strive for staff longevity.

If you are looking for a new opportunity that will challenge and excite you; then we want to hear from you.

How to apply
**Applications close: 10th January 2023