Personal Assistant (Rochdale, GB, OL16 4NR)

Danish Crown; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent food company in Rochdale is seeking a Personal Assistant to provide comprehensive support to Directors. This part-time role includes managing meetings, handling correspondence, and ensuring effective communication. Candidates should demonstrate strong organisational skills, discretion, and the ability to work flexibly. Join a leading team and contribute to high standards of service.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Matched company pension scheme

Heavily discounted meat for staff

Free parking

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have attention to detail and strong time management skills.
• Confidence to liaise with customers and third parties required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion at all times.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive personal/administrative assistant duties to Directors.
• Organise and manage documentation for meetings and events.
• Handle correspondence and relaying messages promptly.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong time management

Organisational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

PC literacy in office suite

Job description

Personal Assistant

This position is a fixed term contract, expected to be for 6 months working part time, 3 days or 22.5 hours a week.

Who is Danish Crown?

We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

Why come to Danish Crown?

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays – that’s 36 days holiday a year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Matched company pension scheme
• Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop
• Well‑being programmes with free optional health care cash plans and a wide range of digital and virtual wellbeing tools
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free parking
• Free tea and coffee on all sites
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

Area of responsibility

The post holder will provide professional and comprehensive personal/administrative assistant duties to nominated Directors, principally the Executive Vice President. The post holder will be expected to appropriately manage confidential, complex and sensitive information, exercising discretion and upholding high professionalism and ethical standards at all times.

Specific Tasks

• Support coordination of meetings, organise and plan meetings and events as directed, including sending invitations, booking venues, making travel arrangements, liaising with external parties and providing relevant papers and material. Provide high quality support to ensure they are managed and delivered effectively.
• Organise and manage documentation for meetings and events, including preparation of agendas and minutes of meetings, tracking actions and timeframes as appropriate. Ensure the Directors have been briefed and have the required documentation for all meetings/events.
• Undertake a business support function including tracking of key objectives and specific project work.
• Manage electronic diaries by organising and prioritising the demands on time of the EVP, UK enabling them to work efficiently and effectively. This will include arranging meetings and events both internally and externally, including booking travel and accommodation.
• Handling correspondence and relaying messages promptly and effectively between parties.
• Providing general administrative assistance, including document drafting, filing, and record maintenance.
• Researching, compiling, and summarizing information to aid decision‑making processes.
• Performing miscellaneous tasks and special assignments as needed, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.
• Prepare and/or edit presentations and reports on behalf of relevant Directors.
• To take messages where necessary and act as the first point of call for the designated senior managers in their absence, taking appropriate action as required and ensuring that any urgent issues are brought to the attention of an alternative Director / Manager or senior member of staff as appropriate.
• To raise purchase orders and approve invoices on behalf of relevant Directors.
• To arrange team meetings/appraisals/ supervisions with employees on behalf of the EVP.
• Documentation creation and management, including ensuring this is on Brand.

Requirements

• Attention to detail and strong time management and organisational skills.
• Confidence to liaise with customers and third parties, both internally and externally.
• Proactive and flexible in working approach.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• PC literate in office suite.
• Dependable, honest, and discreet.
• Forward thinker and able to anticipate needs.
• Ensuring the utmost confidentiality and discretion at all times.