Job Description

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Park

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Are you an organised and proactive person with a passion for excellence? We are seeking a Personal Assistant to join our Senior Management team, supporting our Heads of Internal Audit.

In this pivotal role, you will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support, ensuring that high standards and confidentiality are always upheld. Your contributions will be key in projecting the professional image of our company through all your work. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are committed to maintaining the highest level of professionalism, we want to hear from you!

To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received a high number of applications or identified enough suitable candidates for the next stage of the process. We encourage you to apply as early as you can.

About the role

• Organising and managing, meetings (internal and external) and travel arrangements
• Ensure all relevant information and documentation is available and distributed in advance of meetings
• Act as key point of contact to the senior manager
• Take ownership of communications in the absence of the senior manager using own knowledge or referring matters to members of the management team
• Co-ordinate MI documentation and distribute to relevant management teams within agreed timescales
• Attend management meetings and take accurate minutes, typing and circulating within agreed timescale
• Produce of documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations as determined

About you

• Efficient, self-motivated and well organised
• Proactive and ability to use initiative and resolve problems
• Calm under pressure and capable of thinking on their feet
• Excellent planning and self-management skills
• Integrity – ability to prioritise and escalate when necessary.
• Confidentiality – effective handling of sensitive data
• Flexible – adaptable approach, willing to undertake a variety of tasks
• Can do attitude

If you feel you’d be a great fit for Royal London but don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to hear from you. Research shows some candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the criteria - if you meet most requirements and are keen to learn, we encourage you to apply!

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.

To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received a high number of applications or identified enough suitable candidates for the next stage of the process. We encourage you to apply as early as you can.