Executive Assistant to CEO at Kantar

Purpose of the role
To provide an efficient and responsive administrative, organisational, and logistical service to the MD, helping him to manage and prioritize his time. You will be responsible for providing full secretarial assistance to the management team during absences to ensure a high level of service is maintained.
This position will be of key importance within the organisation and the successful candidate must have previous secretarial and administrative experience within a fast-paced environment. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively plan and organise your workload and the initiative to resolve issues quickly in an appropriate manner.

Knowledge and skills required

• Ideally educated to degree level
• A minimum of three years PA/secretarial experience at a senior level
• A good deal of common sense, etiquette and an ability to think on one’s feet
• Excellent typing skills, speed and accuracy essential
• Good computer literacy (MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Professional telephone manner
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Bright, confident personality
• Well presented
• Highly personable
• Flexible and mature approach with ability to work unsupervised