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Personal Assistant

October 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Personal Assistant

We're looking for a Personal Assistant to join our Infrastructure team based in Waterbeach, Cambridge. Within this role you can enjoy 26 days annual leave, sharesave scheme, family friendly policies and even more.

Location: Waterbeach, Cambridge

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + benefits

Responsibilities

As a Personal Assistant, you'll be working within the Infrastructure team, supporting to help manage the team within a growing and dynamic Business Unit.

Your day to day will include:

  • PA to 2 or 3 directors of the leadership team, supporting them and the senior leadership team of the business, also undertake general administrative duties as required
  • Organise meetings, visits, travel, hospitality and other appropriate events involving the directors and the wider Infrastructure Major Projects leadership team
  • Support executive PA and liaise for diary management / meetings
  • Deal with sensitive and confidential business on behalf of the Directors undertaking the extraction, analysis and compilation of information for the /Directors, including the preparation of reports
  • Reply to the Directors correspondence if delegated, undertake assignments on behalf of the Directors which contribute to business development and improvement
What do we need from you?

This role of Personal Assistant is great for you if:

  • You'll have experience of working as a personal assistant
  • You'll have effective inter-personal and communication skills
  • You'll have good attention to detail with a wide range of experience of administrative work
  • You'll have advanced word processing/typing skills and general IT knowledge for use of systems application
  • You'll possess excellent organisational skills and ability to effectively prioritise time and work
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more.
  • professional subscription - you will get one professional subscription funded to support your professional development.
  • pension - you will be able to join the Kier Retirement Savings Plan (KRSP)
  • Kier rewards - You will have access to discounted shopping including restaurants, insurance companies, and supermarkets.
  • employee referral scheme - refer a friend or family member to work for Kier
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.


Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf


Closing Date: 7 November 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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