Personal Assistant / PA

Personal Assistant / PA

Salary:c£28,000 - £30,000 per annum,plus excellent benefits, including: Annual Bonus, Pension, Life Assurance, etc.

Working hours:10.00am – 6.30pm.

We are Together -Proud to be a Financial Services success story based in South Manchester. Established in 1974, we employ over 600 colleagues.

A specialist lender offering a range of mortgage and secured loan products to individuals and businesses, who are typically underserved by mainstream lenders. We play our part to turn challenges into opportunities which make our customers’ financial ambitions accessible.

Over 47 years of successful trading has positioned Togetheras a market leader, thanks to a common-sense approach to lending.

Together is a business that never stands still, providing an exciting place to work for individuals who deliver to a high-standard and embrace change.

We understand that for our business to grow, our people must grow

Together is a business that is never standing-still and provides an exciting place to work for someone who likes to deliver to a high-standard and is comfortable with change.

Due to some changes internally, we have a requirement for a Personal Assistant (PA), supporting our Commercial CEO, reporting to his Executive Assistant.

This isn’t an ordinary PA role, we know that. The core hours are unusual – you will need to be here from 10.00am – 6.30pm, and as with all PA roles, there will need to be a degree of additional flexibility. If these hours don’t work for you, then we are unable to consider your application as they are an essential aspect of the role and cannot be changed.

This role is different, we understand that.

Although you will be supporting the Commercial CEO, he also has an Executive Assistant in place, who will be the Line Manager for the PA. The PA will make up the final cog in machine of three – CEO-EA-PA

What will I be responsible for then?

There are four key areas that you will be responsible for.

They are:

• Extensive diary management - This will make up at least 70% of the role.
• Expenses – collecting the necessary receipts from the CEO and processing to ensure prompt payment
• Travel - sometimes it might just be a cab home from dinner. Others, it could be a five day trip to India with multiple hotels, flights, connections, and visas.
• Hospitality Tickets & Events – When the country reopens, this could be tickets to watch Michael Buble at the Arena at Christmas for some of the staff. Could be a major event for our network of partners at a country house.

In addition to these main areas, there will be other responsibilities, including

• Offer assistance with personal matters for the Commercial CEO
• Assist the Commercial CEO with his social media accounts.
• Provide efficient cover for the Commercial CEO’s EA when absent from the office.
• Offering a highly confidential, flexible administrative support function.

What experience do I need to be considered for this role?

We aren’t looking for someone who is an existing EA. This role won’t be for you. We are looking for someone who is currently a PA and is looking for a challenging role that will help shape them into am EA in the future.

• Previous experience working within a Personal Assistant (PA) at Senior Manager level is essential
• Diary management for an extremely busy Senior Manager/Exec/Board member
• Highly flexible, with patience, strong attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to a fluid and changing working environment
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Positive & flexible attitude
• Highly self-motivated
• Able to operate with integrity, maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Working to tight deadlines whilst prioritising workload
• Ability to use Microsoft suite of systems, including Outlook, Word and Excel
• Experience of working within Financial Services would be desirable but not essential

Working hours:10.00am – 6.30pm

If you are unable to commit to this pattern, we will be unable to consider your application.

We offer a range of company benefits, including shared reward scheme, discretionary bonus, 24 days holiday plus your Birthday, entitlement increases over time, holiday purchase scheme, matched pension contribution, life assurance, critical illness cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, access to company’s holiday homes, regular team/individual incentives, travel season ticket loans, Ride to Work scheme, free gym access and local bar/restaurant discounts.

Career development opportunities are excellent and where possible we offer sponsorship of relevant qualifications.

• please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.