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Salary: £29,291 plus benefits Mary's Meals International is recruiting for an experienced Personal Assistant to support our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Founder.
Reporting directly to our Executive Assistant, in this fast-paced and varied role, you will provide a variety of support including diary management, attending meetings, taking minutes, managing follow-up actions, event coordination, maintaining systems and processes, and undertaking specific projects.
This is a predominantly remote role; however, we will require you to attend our Glasgow and/or Dalmally offices as needed to meet with our CEO.
Key responsibilities & activities: Act as the first point of contact for our CEO, assessing priorities, redirecting calls, enquiries, and requests.
Diary management, including preparation of papers and information in advance.
Creating letters and other correspondence on behalf of the CEO, proof-reading, and writing reports.
Liaise with employees, affiliates, partners, and donors, as required.
Maintain online and offline filing systems for the CEO.
Managing emails, phone calls, post, general correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, and forms.
Carrying out background research and providing reports on various subjects.
Support with the management of social media platforms.
Organising internal and external meetings, including booking venues, arranging accommodation, preparing agendas and meeting papers, disseminating meeting papers, and liaising with board members.
Attend MMI office and/or Dalmally office regularly to support with receiving visitors, arranging hospitality, assisting with video recordings, and administration of handwritten letters.
Organising and preparing complex travel itineraries and making all travel and accommodation arrangements necessary.
With fantastic interpersonal skills and robust experience as a Personal Assistant, you will thrive in a varied, fast-paced role and will utilise your exceptional organisational skills to manage the balance of scheduled work with the provision of unplanned support.
With great communication skills, you will work closely with a range of stakeholders across a variety of geographies and cultures.
Confident, competent, resilient, with a solution-focused approach, you will have the ability to take on a variety of projects with a high level of competence and confidentiality.
About us: Mary's Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education.
We continue to change the lives of over 2.4 million children who today will receive Mary's Meals.
We are a values-driven movement and believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life, and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us.
In line with our values, Mary's Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding.
Mary's Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve.
Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.
How to apply: If you would love to use your skills, talents, and experience to be part of positive change in the world, we would love to hear from you.
Please click Apply to submit your CV and a short covering note, telling us why you want to work with Mary's Meals, and why this role is a great fit for you.
Closing Date: Thursday 7th November 2024 Benefits: 8% non-contributory pension contribution - after 3 months (for international candidates, the 8% pension contribution will be paid as a part of salary) 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing by 1 day each completed calendar year, to a maximum of 39 days (+ option to buy another week) Flexible working Employee Assistance Programme, including perks and cash back opportunities Life assurance #J-18808-Ljbffr