Executive Assistant - hybrid - Candidate Source - TEAM : Job Details

An Executive Assistant is required to support a business founder and entrepreneur across his business ventures and primarily in relation to a scale up he is currently working on. This will be undergoing a very ambitious growth plan over the next 18-24 months and requires someone who is highly dynamic, and comfortable with extremely fast-paced environments. You will be partly office-based, partly remote, with some travel required. As Executive Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing support to the Founder in all areas of his day-to-day business and personal life
• Managing schedules, meetings, and prioritising effectively
• Managing and delivering ongoing mini projects
• Performing advanced and detailed research into a wide array of topics
• Maintaining exceptional attention to detail and high standards of execution to tasks
• Managing and coordinating travel arrangements, ensuring efficiency and flexibility
• Supporting the Founder in freeing up time and removing unnecessary distractions

We’re looking for an Executive Assistant with:

• Experience supporting a founder/entrepreneur one-to-one in a business capacity
• Experience managing complex, ever-changing priorities and juggling multiple critical threads
• Extensive exposure and appreciation of business processes and administration
• Experience managing and coordinating travel
• A background in a startup/high-growth/scale-up environment is vital
• Experience implementing systems and processes

This role will suit a candidate who:

• Has an enquiring mind and an enthusiasm for getting things done, to the best standard
• Is bright and has a growth mindset
• Responds positively to constructive critique and thrives in high-velocity environments
• Is curious and “in the detail” and demonstrates they are thinking about the issues at hand
• Is forthright, has the confidence to push back
• Communicates problems early and proactively with brief updates (good or bad)
• Is confident in managing the Founder’s time effectively
• Is loyal and possesses an extremely strong work-ethic
• Has agility to adapt to workflow and does not have a predefined idea of the role
• Is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and deal with less high value tasks
• Is discrete and professional, balancing approachability with confidentiality

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will be heavily involved as a true right-hand support
• You will be joining a business that prioritises people, value, and meaningful work
• You will work closely with a leader who genuinely cares about his team and values (and rewards) effort
• You will be engaging with a high-performing, highly motivated and driven team
• You will gain valuable insights working in the startup/scale up/founder-led world
• You will have the opportunity to develop your professional experience and grow within the company

The Founder is respectful and takes care of hard-working people who are growth minded, humble and who want to do something extraordinary with their time/career. The environment is fast-paced and demanding, but for the right person, it will be incredibly rewarding. If you are hard-working, highly capable, and care deeply about adding real value, we’d love to hear from you. To apply for this role as Executive Assistant, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency.  Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.