Executive Director PA & Senior Team Lead

5 Star Recruitment; Preston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

5 Star Recruitment is seeking an Executive Director Senior Personal Assistant to provide confidential, efficient support to the Executive Directors within the Senior Leadership Team. You will pre-plan work, manage diaries, organise travel, and prepare briefing papers while handling high-priority stakeholders and internal/external customers.

The role requires strong communication, initiative, and leadership potential to guide PA and business support staff, ensuring services meet quality standards

Qualifications

• 4 GCSEs at Grade A*-C or 9-4, including English and Maths
• Recognised qualification or broad practical experience in area of expertise or may be working towards a professional qualification or be of graduate entry level with sound practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of contact dealing with correspondence and phone calls
• Proactively manage and coordinate the diary of the Executive Directors, prioritising and arranging internal and external meetings with briefing papers
• Plan and organise travel and accommodation when required
• Maintain effective filing and data storage including emails and retrieval systems
• Provide full personal assistant support: drafting routine letters, minute meetings, taking messages and admin tasks
• Coordinate SLT meetings and other key meetings/projects with agenda planning, minutes, and action logs

Skills

Diary management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Graduate entry level with practical experience

Professional qualification

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

5 Star Recruitment is seeking an Executive Director Senior Personal Assistant to provide confidential, efficient support to the Executive Directors within the Senior Leadership Team. You will pre-plan work, manage diaries, organise travel, and prepare briefing papers while handling high-priority stakeholders and internal/external customers.

The role requires strong communication, initiative, and leadership potential to guide PA and business support staff, ensuring services meet quality standards