Personal Assistant to Executive Committee

Job ID:43370
Location:LRQA - London - 4 Moorgate  
Position Category:Administration/Business Support
Position Type:Employee Regular

Who are LRQA?

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training. While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

What do we do?

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We serve a wide variety of industries, from food, beverage and hospitality to automotive, aerospace and transportation. From independent third-party auditing, certification and training; to consultancy services; to real- time assurance technology; to data-driven supply chain transformation, our innovative end-to- end solutions help our clients shape their own future, rather than letting it shape them. LRQA currently operates across 51 countries, has more than 2,500 colleagues, generates £315m in revenue, and supports more than 60,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets. We are looking for an organised and proactive individual to join our Onboarding team. In this role you will play a key role in ensuring our new starters get a great first impression of LRQA, along with using your strong communication skills to ensure that our hiring manager are kept up to date and well informed throughout the process.

The Role

We are looking for an organised, driven and enthusiastic individual to come and join our high performing team as a Personal Assistant. Are you someone who thrives putting things into order, ensuring people are in the right place at the right time and managing people and processes to get to the best outcomes? Then this role could be for you!

As a Personal Assistant at LRQA, you will be responsible for providing a wide range of support to a key member of our Executive team to ensure that they are able to effectively manage the priorities of the team to achieve the company objectives.

This is a unique opportunity that will allow you to see the inner workings of a business at a high level, providing you with a great springboard for progression within the company.

Responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the go-to person for our Exec team - working quickly to manage and anticipate priorities, ensuring full meeting prep and providing briefings and background information.
• Acting as an extension of our Exec team to liaise with internal and external clients, assisting in the development of presentations etc.
• Create, develop and manage reports ensuring a clear and concise overview of any issues.
• Using your strong organisation and prioritisation skills to manage diaries, including scheduling of meetings and booking of travel.
• Getting involved in various projects, working with different stakeholders.
• Meeting organisation - creating agendas and venue bookings.
• Taking on a key role as a point of contact amongst our Leadership team, colleagues, clients and external partners, truly representing the LRQA brand and values.
• Management of our office, supplies and the needs of our teams and visitors.

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong experience within a similar role in a fast paced commercial environment.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Resilience and and confidence - the ability to move projects and tasks along at pace.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, demonstrating the ability to adapt style and tone accordingly to different situations and stakeholders.
• The ability to juggle different tasks, effectively prioritising and managing competing demands.
• Able to display high levels of confidentiality and discretion.

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:

We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team!

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider.  The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).

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