About the role:
We have a requirement for a Personal Assistant for a 10-12 months fixed term contract/secondment. The purpose of this role will be to provide a high level of support to 3 members of the Asset Management lead team. This role will assist the lead team members day to day activities and support them and their team to meet their operational, commercial and professional objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
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Complex diary and mailbox management, ensuring that time are planned and managed to enable maximum effectiveness and productivity.
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Organise meetings, events, and departmental activities, taking minutes and recording actions where appropriate as well as arranging travel and booking venues as required.
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Act as the first point of contact for enquiries from internal or external customers, meeting and greeting key stakeholders, processing and replying to sensitive and confidential correspondence on behalf of the ELG member and forwarding requests as appropriate. Regular liaison with other Executive lead team members, senior managers and PAs across the company and with key external partners and stakeholders.
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Project managing any required actions with stakeholders and teams in the business.
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Preparing and editing presentations for internal and external key stakeholders, board members and investors.
- File and maintain data in accordance with GDPR, business procedures, agreed to standards and service levels, using company-specific systems, ensuring records are accurate and up to date.
To be successful you will have the following skills and experience:
- Excellent attention to detail alongside first-class organisational skills having gained experience working within a similar role supporting senior management.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent and ideally have experience liaising with stakeholders.
- Self-reliant with the ability to work under your own initiative.
- A high level of professionalism, pro-active and outstanding communication skills.
- Fully competent with using the Microsoft suite and ideally experience of using various Company IT systems, including SAP.
- The ability to handle pressure and changing priorities is essential.
What’s in it for you?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the company as a PA to 3 members of the Asset Management Lead team. In this role, you will make a crucial contribution to our operations by ensuring that processes and communications are carried out efficiently.
Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 24 days holiday per year increasing to 28 with the length of service and a wider benefits scheme. This includes an annual pay review, season ticket loans, voucher scheme giving you money off in major retail outlets, loyalty awards for continuous service plus much more, including our refer-a-friend bonus, where you can receive up to £1,000 for helping someone get a permanent position within the company.
We’re also proud to be here for our local community, offering all of our teams two days paid volunteer leave a year, as well as proudly supporting a lot of local events and charities.
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About us:
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to millions of customers by supplying 2.7 billion litres of world-class water to around 10 million homes.
As our world changes, the need to take care of our most precious resource is greater than ever, both locally and globally. That’s why, at Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to daily life, and that means our business is always open. We’re passionate about providing world-class tap water, now and for the future.
We’re also turning waste into power, self-generating 20% of the energy we use and, in turn, doing our bit for the planet. We’re reducing plastic waste by celebrating our tap water and rolling out an ambitious water fountain project. We’re using our voice to lobby for change and partnering with WaterAid to provide clean water to the world’s poorest communities.
Together, we’re building a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled benefits. We’re also proud to be an equal opportunity employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion and Disability Confident Leader, welcoming individuals from all walks of life and leading the way with award-winning mental health and well-being strategy.