Personal Assistant

National Grid • Permanent • Leeds, GB • £31.97k / year • 15m ago

About us

At National Grid, our commitment to a cleaner, greener energy future is powered by the dedication and ingenuity of our people. Join our team as a Personal Assistant (PA) and be a part of something bigger—where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.

National Grid is hiring a Personal Assistant in our Customer Connections Team supporting out North region based in Leeds or Warrington.

About the role

As Personal Assistant (PA) you’ll play a crucial role, working closely with the Project Directors and their wider teams, to look after their world by extensively and proactively managing diaries and emails, organising travel and accommodation, and understanding and prioritising key activities to assist in achieving deadlines. As PA you’ll also co-ordinate meetings, seminars, conferences, where required, and dinners including Direct Report and team meetings.

What you'll do

Effectively manage and coordinate a very busy and ever-changing diary ensuring accurate diary management and timely replies to meeting requests.
Work closely with fellow PAs to collectively coordinate diaries for group meetings.
Prepare for varied meetings, gathering and printing all necessary documents and agendas.
Screen calls, take messages and respond to queries.
Coordinate meetings, conference calls, and interviews and collect and escort visitors.
Organise onsite and offsite meetings, conferences and events where required.
Check, filter, forward or reply to emails and correspondence addressed to the Project Directors.
Compile and submit expense reports and process invoices relating to the Director of IDD and their cost code.
Log Customer discussions in CRM.
Maintain a forward planning “virtual file” with daily and weekly files, documents, pack and agendas for meetings.
Act as the first point of contact in order to support the resolution of queries and issues.
Respond to stakeholders, customers and internal queries relevant to the Project Directors in order to ensure immediate response to issues raised.

About you

We are specifically seeking a highly organised and forward-thinking individual with excellent communication skills who can work in an ever-changing fast paced pressurised environment. You’ll have the ability to work on your own initiative, be confident and act in a professional and discreet manner.

Previous experience at Exec C-suite level and experience of working as a Personal Assistant is essential as is a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

You’ll have the ability to assemble and handle highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion and possess good communication and organizational skills, with a high level of attention to detail. You’ll demonstrate a flexible approach and “can do” attitude to work.

What you'll get

Salary of £31,973
26 days annual leave plus eight statutory days, and the option to buy additional or sell holiday days
Generous contributory pension scheme – we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few
Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
Access to numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing

More information

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it’s essential that it’s continually evolving, advancing and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

Please follow the below link to learn more:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

he closing date for applications is 04/02/25

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