Strategic Executive Assistant – Transport & Board

Stobart; Appleton Thorn; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Company car

Wellness / Employee Assistance

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Everyday discounts

Job summary

Stobart, part of the Culina Group, is seeking an Executive Assistant – Transport to provide high-calibre, proactive support to the Contract Logistics leadership team in the UK. You will manage Board activity, senior leadership meetings, and divisional operations with discretion and sound judgement.

Working hours are Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Salary is up to £50,000 depending on experience, with strong supporting benefits and opportunities within a leading logistics group.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Executive PA / Senior EA supporting CEOs or senior leadership teams.
• Strong diary management and meeting coordination capability.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Confident communicating with senior stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
• High levels of discretion, professionalism and judgement.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office 365, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Practical experience using Microsoft Copilot to support drafting, summarisation and organisation in a business environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Divisional and CG Board pack process: collating submissions, chasing inputs, version control and final collation.
• Provide full administrative support to Board meetings: agenda coordination, minute taking, action tracking and follow-up.
• Act as a key point of contact to the CG Exec Board EA.
• Manage diaries for divisional board members and prioritise meetings for senior time efficiency.
• Organise meeting logistics: room bookings, catering, presentations, travel and expenses.
• Support admin for business cases: document collation, version control and routing for review/approval.

Skills

Executive PA

Diary management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder comms

Discretion

MS 365

Copilot

SharePoint

Tools

Microsoft 365

SharePoint

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Stobart, part of the Culina Group, is seeking an Executive Assistant – Transport to provide high-calibre, proactive support to the Contract Logistics leadership team in the UK. You will manage Board activity, senior leadership meetings, and divisional operations with discretion and sound judgement.

Working hours are Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00. Salary is up to £50,000 depending on experience, with strong supporting benefits and opportunities within a leading logistics group.