Executive Assistant to CEO

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group); Barnard Castle; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NWG as an Executive Support Assistant to the CEO, where you'll provide comprehensive support in a dynamic environment. This full-time role involves managing the CEO's schedule, liaising with high-level stakeholders, and ensuring effective communication across the organization. You'll leverage your experience and skills to support leaders in achieving organizational goals while enjoying a range of generous benefits such as a robust pension scheme, wellness support, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement of 26 days plus bank holidays.

Company pension scheme with double matching contributions.

Award winning wellbeing support.

Financial wellbeing support.

Access to local attractions.

Qualifications

• Proven EA/PA experience managing busy portfolios.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage the CEO's diary and scheduling.
• Liaise with key stakeholders including Board members.
• Ensure timely responses to communications.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Stakeholder Management

Attention to Detail

Digital Literacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

About The Role

Executive Support Assistant to CEO

Permanent

Full Time - 37hrs per week

Location – Durham/Flexible/Homebased (minimum 3 days in the office)

Salary – up to £42,500

About The Role

As the Executive Support Assistant (you may know the role as an EA or PA) you’ll support our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) providing a full range of professional and proactive secretarial support, working in collaboration with the wider Executive Assistant team.

You’ll manage diaries including meeting requests, external visits and speaking engagements and ensure schedules are well planned and organised and run smoothly. You’ll effectively prioritise and manage all forms of contact and communications received, ensuring timely responses.

Overseeing effective processes and systems you’ll work with key stakeholders to forward plan and allocate time efficiently ensuring all activities are completed to time and required standards. You’ll be liaising with a wide range of stakeholders, from Board members to senior Civil Servants, MP’s and Business Leaders and will have clear and considered communication approach.

About You

You’ll have proven EA/PA experience working with Senior Executives/Directors managing busy and varied portfolios, utilising systems and technology in delivery of that service.

You’ll have proven experience of working within a team, able to prioritise and manage deadlines, along with interpreting needs. You’ll have excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with organisational and administrative skills with a keen eye for detail.

You’ll have resilience to adapt to ever changing priorities and demands, demonstrating knowledge and professionalism to support leaders to achieve outcomes, along with the ability to build relationships and networks at all levels throughout the organisation.

You’ll have proven stakeholder management skills and experience of exercising appropriate discretion, tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and judgement on issues of significance and importance, particularly when dealing with officials at the highest level.

You’ll bring digital and technology skills, including excellent knowledge of Outlook and Microsoft packages.

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

About Us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply

NWG At a Glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our Benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
• Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.
  
  

About Us

NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) provides water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people in the North East of England as Northumbrian Water, and water services to 1.5 million people in the South East of England as Essex & Suffolk Water.

We are proud to serve our customers and we're committed to delivering great service, putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.