Job title: PA to Director
Salary: c£35,000 Dependent on Experience
Location: Eastleigh – Hybrid Work Environment
Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract
PA to Director:
Ageas in Eastleigh are looking for a PA to Director to be responsible for providing professional PA support to our Customer Operations Director, as well as the other members of our executive team,. The PA to Director will ensure the smooth running of their personal and departmental objectives, as well as using their exceptional Stakeholder Management skills to in regular verbal and written communication with other UKET members, senior managers within Ageas and the wider Ageas Group, as well as key major suppliers and partners.
The PA to Director will be responsible for handling business sensitive and confidential information on a daily basis including drafting, editing, formatting documents, and be accountable for the dissemination of this information to the appropriate parties.
Here are some of the main responsibilities of the PA to Director opportunity:
Receive and deal with written and verbal queries/correspondence emanating from both inside and outside Ageas, involving a Director/Manager as appropriate. These will include contact with senior personnel of major clients, customers and journalists.
Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing. This will include being resource point of contract for departmental organisational charts, contact lists, holiday charts and non-confidential personnel information.
Producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations. Ensuring that with knowledge of Director’s upcoming meetings, relevant papers are obtained from the teams prior to the meetings (with time for the Director to review).
Screening telephone calls, enquiries and requests and handling them appropriately. This will include liaising with various Departments/Teams, having knowledge of other Directors whereabouts or teams.
Maintain central information, inboxes, diary systems and files for Directors and Managers. Working heavily with other Directors PA’s as well as external companies to ensure diaries are maintained and organised effectively. Learning which meetings take precedent when there are conflicts.
Here are some of the main skills, experience and competencies required to be successful in the PA to Director role:
Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities while remaining calm under pressure.
Problem solving - ability to use own initiative and propose solutions.
Proactive and capable of initiating various activities.
Ability to forward plan and anticipate requirements wherever possible.
Assertive, proactive and forthcoming in asking questions/seeking clarification.
At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Flexible Working - Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares . We also offer a minimum of 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Yoga, Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth – Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work - Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more...
Benefits for Them – Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Getting Around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Get some Tech – Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Supporting you back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave
About Ageas:
We’re one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our people help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work, which is echoed in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, a Stonewall diversity champion and a Disability Confident Employer (which means interviews are guaranteed for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum role criteria). For more information please see Ageas Everyone.
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.
To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.
Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.