PA to General Counsel

Nord Anglia Education; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Nord Anglia Education is seeking a proactive PA to the General Counsel based in London. You will streamline the GC's time, priorities and communications using modern tools and AI-enabled systems, crossing time zones and supporting multiple teams.

You’ll build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders, manage complex travel, prepare board materials and drive efficiency across the Legal function. A high level of discretion and organizational excellence is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar senior role handling confidential information.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially PowerPoint and mail-merge.
• Desirable experience in education and/or legal sectors.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted partner to the General Counsel, managing priorities and confidential matters.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, HR and global operations.
• Coordinate a complex global diary, including international travel and high-profile meetings across time zones.
• Organise Board, Executive Committee and leadership meetings, including materials, minutes and action tracking.
• Support strategic priorities with timely deliverables and project coordination.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and board-level documentation for senior audiences.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive, high-performing team culture.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency and organisational effectiveness.
• Manage expenses, communications and data with accuracy and discretion.

Skills

Executive support

Stakeholder management

Complex diary management

International travel coordination

Board meeting coordination

High-level communications

Discretion & confidentiality

PowerPoint expertise

Organisational skills

Proactive problem-solving

Education

A-Level / degree standard

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook & mail merge

Job description

School: Group Central Support United Kingdom Office

London is our global headquarters where 220 colleagues across Finance, Risk, IT, Corporate Development, Legal, HR, MAC and Education drive the success of our 90+ schools in 35+ countries. By joining our fast paced and innovative organisation, you will be regularly liaising with our global team-mates from the Philippines to Peru, from Beijing to Boston and beyond.

If you have a global mindset, enjoy thinking outside the box and are prepared to go above and beyond to find solutions, then a career at Nord Anglia is for you.

PA to General Counsel:

Our legal function is evolving, and fast. We're growing, changing how we work and rethinking how Legal shows up across the business and the value it brings. The General Counsel's office needs to lead that change, and we're looking for someone who wants to help make it happen.

At the centre of it all, you'll be the connective tissue: the person who frees the General Counsel to lead, think and decide at her best, and who helps her bring that vision to life across every time zone and every team.

This is an executive support role for people who see support as a craft. You'll run the GC's world with modern tools and smart systems: streamlining how her time, priorities, communications and information flow, using automation and AI-enabled tools where they genuinely help, and constantly asking how it could work better. You won't just keep the diary in order. You'll build the processes behind them and help sharpen how Legal is seen and experienced by the people it serves.

You'll also be the first impression of the function for our board and shareholders. When directors, investors and senior leaders engage with Legal, you're the polished, professional and trusted presence they meet first.

This isn't traditional administrative support. It's a chance to shape how a General Counsel's office works in a transforming organisation, and to be the glue that makes it click.

In this role, you will:

• Act as a trusted and highly confidential partner to the General Counsel, providing seamless executive support and managing competing priorities.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, HR and the wider global organisation to support collaboration and effective decision-making.
• Manage a complex global diary, international travel arrangements and high-profile meetings across multiple time zones.
• Coordinate Board, Executive Committee and leadership meetings, including scheduling, logistics, preparation of materials, minute-taking and action tracking.
• Proactively support strategic priorities, ensuring deadlines, deliverables and key initiatives are effectively managed and executed.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports and board-level documentation for senior audiences.
• Drive team engagement initiatives and contribute to a positive, inclusive and high-performing team culture.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency and enhance organisational effectiveness.
• Manage expenses, administration, communications and data management with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Conduct research and provide timely insights to support business planning and decision-making.
• Exercise sound judgement, professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential matters.
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role at a senior level
• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, and operate with minimal supervision
• Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels
• Demonstrated discretion and integrity when handling highly confidential and sensitive information
• Extensive experience of working with Microsoft packages including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. In particular an excellent knowledge of using PowerPoint, contacts, mail merge and database management are essential
• Demonstrable ability to anticipate the needs of senior executives and operate as a highly trusted partner, exercising sound judgement, discretion and proactive problem-solving in a complex, fast-paced environment
• Excellent organisational skills and high attention to detail
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and adaptable to working in a fast paced environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Demonstrable experience managing complex international travel and executive-level events
• Gravitas to gain credibility with Senior and Executive stakeholders
• Educated to A-Level / degree standard
• Previous experience in the education and/or legal sector is desirable.

About Us

Nord Anglia Education is the world's leading international schools organisation. Our 90+ international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 100,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education. We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.

Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we're at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.

By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team. As a member of the world's leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

We encourage individuals to join us with our "Create your Future" mindset - we will provide you with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance your skillset and you will be given the autonomy to grow your career.

At Nord Anglia Education, we are an equal opportunities employer dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. In our schools and offices around the world, we treat all colleagues fairly based on their skills and qualifications, without discrimination.

We value individuals from all backgrounds, including those with different abilities and neurodivergent conditions, as well as those who identify with protected characteristics.

We recruit in line with our EmpowerUs Behaviours Framework: Communicate with Impact, Collaborate with Empathy, Make Considered Decisions, Embrace Change and Drive Growth.

Nord Anglia Education is committed to ensuring the highest possible safeguarding standards in our schools and we expect every employee to share this commitment.