Job Description

Executive Assistant, Permanent, London, £40,000-£50,000

COO and Co-owner of successful and growing building subcontractor needs highly capable and proactive EA. This is a permanent role, working in their very nice London office Monday to Friday; hours are 8:00am-5:00pm. You will have a high level of commercial awareness and be a key player in a fast moving environment, acting as the COO’s right hand person and this is a great career step.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the COO’s time, priorities and commitments
• Inbox management, correspondence drafting and gatekeeping
• Preparing for meetings (briefings, papers, agendas, actions)
• Following up and chasing action points
• Research projects (commercial, strategic, regulatory or market-based)
• Drafting reports, board papers and briefing notes
• Supporting selected internal projects
• Maintaining digital filing and version management
• Interpreting architectural and construction drawings when needed and understanding and using construction terminology
• Liaising with architects, consultants, contractors and internal technical teams

You will need:

• EA or PA experience with Project Support
• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Strong written communication skills, thrives on responsibility and can work with minimal supervision
• Excellent IT skills (MS Office / Google Workspace; confidence with spreadsheets, presentations and document management)
• Strong organisational and project management capability
• Initiative, common sense and emotional intelligence

If you have experience in construction, architecture, engineering or the wider built environment that would be a plus, as would the ability to read and understand architectural or technical drawings. Experience supporting Senior Leadership or Business owners would be preferred.