Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant

Flexible - Chippenham/West Bromwich

Salary - £31,000 per annum - depending on skills and experience

Contract type - Permanent

Working hours - Full Time

Closing Date - 21 March 2023

Interview Date - TBC

About the role

We are now recruiting for an Executive Assistant to join us on a permanent full time basis.

You will provide comprehensive support to nominated Executive Directors, performing a range of duties to enable them to be effective in their roles by reducing administrative workloads and creating efficiencies. As the interface of the nominated Executive Directors both internally and externally, you will have a responsibility to represent the values and priorities of the company at all times.

You will be required to anticipate needs and ensure the nominated Executive Directors have the level of support they need to execute their duties brilliantly and provide resolution to queries in line with the agreed SLA period.

Within the role, you will maintain a well-organised electronic filing system for emails and documents including tracking responses, flagging key and/or urgent items and managing as appropriate. You will proactively manage calendars and take ownership of the travel itineraries and subsequent expense claims, where required.

You must conduct yourself in a professional and confidential manner at all times, ensuring that the information you come into contact with are kept confidential, with the utmost discretion conducted.

About you

It is essential that you can demonstrate educational qualifications or ability in English and Maths along with strong IT skills.

You will be honest, professional, responsible and able to act with the upmost confidence and discretion at all times while remaining motivated, energetic, and resilient. You will have strong interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn and able to work at pace in a changing environment..

Excellent administration and organisational skills are required with the ability to manage, demanding and sometimes conflicting workloads whilst maintaining high standards and attention to detail.

It is also essential that you are highly literate, with excellent written and grammatical skills and proficient with with key Microsoft packages, Outlook, Teams, and Sharepoint.

About us

GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.

We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

Our purpose

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

• We believe our customer is everything
• We are one team
• We are supportive and caring
• We are business-minded for social purpose
• We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).