Search Associate, Private Office

Oplu Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training in our executive search

Salary £38,000–£42,000 + quarterly bon

London team with colleague

Clear progression

Job summary

Oplu Limited is seeking a Search Associate to lead the candidate side of PA, EA and private office searches in London. You will help run the office and ensure smooth administration.

The role offers a hybrid work pattern (three days in the office with a colleague) and a base salary of £38,000 to £42,000 plus a quarterly bonus. We value discretion, precise writing, and the ability to assess candidates who are not actively seeking opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience as a PA or EA to a senior executive, a Principal or a private office.
• The judgement to tell in one conversation whether someone will cope with a demanding Principal, and the manners to ask the questions that show it.
• Writing that is precise and unhurried. Our profiles go to clients under our name.
• The organisation to keep an office and two Managing Directors on track.
• Discretion as a habit rather than a policy.
• Additional languages are an advantage.
• Recruitment experience is welcome but not required. We will train you in our process.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Managing Directors and working alongside our Research Associate in London, you will find and assess the assistants we present to clients.
• That means approaching people who are not looking, interviewing them properly, checking what they tell you, and writing profiles a Principal or their Chief of Staff can rely on.
• You will also run the office and the firm's administration, including diary and travel coordination, contracts, onboarding paperwork, invoicing records and office systems.
• The Managing Directors own every client relationship and decide who is presented. There is no selling in this role and no client management.

Skills

PA/EA experience

Discretion

Office organisation

Profile/writing

Multilingual

Recruitment training

Client-facing communication

Job description

• Location: London, White City. Hybrid, three days a week in the office alongside a colleague.


• Salary: £38,000 to £42,000 per annum, plus a quarterly bonus linked to completed placements.


• Contract: Full-time, permanent.

You have been the person a Principal or a board relies on: the diary, the travel, the office or the household, and the confidences that come with them. You know what separates an assistant who lasts from one who does not, because you have worked beside both.

Oplu is an executive search firm serving Private Estates, Family Offices and Luxury Brands. We place Estate Managers, Chiefs of Staff, Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants for Principals in the UK, the US and internationally, and every search is conducted in strict confidence.

We are hiring a Search Associate to lead the candidate side of our PA, EA and private office searches, and to keep our London office running.

We would rather teach search to someone who has done the job than teach the job to a recruiter.

The Role

• Reporting to the Managing Directors and working alongside our Research Associate in London, you will find and assess the assistants we present to clients.


• That means approaching people who are not looking, interviewing them properly, checking what they tell you, and writing profiles a Principal or their Chief of Staff can rely on.


• You will also run the office and the firm's administration, including diary and travel coordination, contracts, onboarding paperwork, invoicing records and office systems.


• The Managing Directors own every client relationship and decide who is presented. There is no selling in this role and no client management.

What You Bring

• Experience as a PA or EA to a senior executive, a Principal or a private office.


• The judgement to tell in one conversation whether someone will cope with a demanding Principal, and the manners to ask the questions that show it.


• Writing that is precise and unhurried. Our profiles go to clients under our name.


• The organisation to keep an office and two Managing Directors on track.


• Discretion as a habit rather than a policy.


• Additional languages are an advantage.


• Recruitment experience is welcome but not required. We will train you in our process.

What We Offer

• Full training in our executive search process from the Managing Directors.


• A competitive base salary of £38,000 to £42,000, plus a quarterly bonus linked to completed placements.


• A team in London, where you work alongside a colleague rather than on your own.


• Progression to Senior Search Associate and, in time, to leading the candidate team.