Personal Assistant

Churchill Living Ltd; St Albans; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK housebuilding company is seeking an experienced Personal Assistant to support the Regional Managing Director in St Albans. The role involves providing comprehensive administrative support, managing communication and scheduling, and ensuring the smooth running of the office. Candidates should have strong organizational skills, a calm demeanor, and proficiency with Microsoft tools. This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing team with excellent career progression and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

24 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday

Personal Pension Plan

Life Assurance

Health Screening

John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experienced in providing administrative support in a professional environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Attention to detail and strong English grammar.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Regional Managing Director.
• Manage the diary and organize meetings and appointments.
• Prepare and distribute board packs and take minutes during meetings.

Skills

PA experience

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving

Reliability and punctuality

Microsoft Suite competence

Ability to work under deadlines

Tools

SharePoint

OneNote

Excel

Job description

An exciting opportunity has risen for an experienced Personal Assistant to join our ever-expanding team to support our growth drive strategy which will see us doubling our sales output by 2025. Based in our St Albans office you will be joining one of the UK’s best housebuilders!

Why join Churchill team?

• Maximise your earning potential
• Competitive basic salary, which is reviewed annually
• Ongoing investment into your personal development with the opportunity to achieve professional qualifications
• Career progression that is tailored to your goals
• Plus we offer other benefits, which include; 24 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday, Personal Pension Plan, Life Assurance and Health Screening
• £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents
• Long service awards
• Colleague land referral bonus scheme
• We are a socially responsible company with our own Charitable Foundation who offer a fund matching programme for colleagues
• Colleague wellbeing programmes and initiatives, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme

About the role

You will provide comprehensive and confidential administrative and secretarial support to the Regional Managing Director, ensuring the smooth running of all functions within the administration department, combined with the running of the office within laid down policies and procedures to optimize productivity.

The hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm, you will need to be punctual, reliable, flexible & have PA experience in a professional company with a willingness to show initiative.

Typical tasks

• Administer and organise business affairs for the Regional Managing Director, e.g. meetings, travel, expenses, etc.
• Undertake administration projects and tasks as required by the Regional Managing Director.
• Assist in the production, collation, and circulation of Board packs.
• Responsible for co-coordinating and taking minutes at meetings.
• Compose correspondence and reports as appropriate.
• Field incoming telephone calls relay messages and ensure prompt action is taken as appropriate.
• Diary management, arranging and updating appointments as required.
• Monitor incoming email and flag urgent actions required.
• Receive and process mail.
• Maintain effective and secure filing systems.

About you

You will be calm and have a positive attitude, unflappable with clear communication skills.

Discretion and trustworthiness are key attributes as you will have access to sensitive company information. You will have the ability to beat deadlines & have strong English grammar with a keen eye for presentation. You will monitor team action points from minutes and have confidence to chase responses. Competence in the Microsoft suite of software is expected with a basic skill in excel; SharePoint & OneNote experience will be advantageous. You will be a problem solver who can quickly identify & share mistakes for collaborative solutions.

A little more about us

Churchill Retirement Living is the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house building sector. We are privately-owned, family-run and financially robust. We are proud of what we do and of the people we work with; and to turn our ambitious expansion plans into reality, we will be investing c£250m in land within the next 3 years. We have absolute confidence in the UK retirement housing market and are ready to invest further!

We have industry leading margins which makes Churchill a very stable business and competitive in the land market, and we enjoy the benefits of our own funding facility which means we can move quickly to secure any site which fits our criteria.

We are a multi award winning business including being named the ‘Best Medium House Builder’ at the WhatHouse? Awards and we were previously voted the 3rd ‘Best Company to Work for’ in the Sunday Times Awards.

This is an exciting time for our Churchill Land Colleagues as we have a clear strategy, agile infrastructure, and industry leading planning support.

Company Values

• COMPANY VALUES– TORCH – Trust / Openness / Respect / Communication / Honesty

Join the Churchill familyand be part of an ambitious and successful business who value and appreciate their people. Apply today!

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