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Personal Assistant

  1. London
  2. Full-time
  3. Administration

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Company Description

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients’ complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We’re focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.


Job Description

You will provide a high quality and professional PA service to LGIM’s CEO office, supporting the Executive Assistant and the CEO’s Business Manager.

You will have excellent attention to detail and a pro-active approach in supporting all aspects of their day-to-day activities as required.

This will be a hybrid role.

In addition, you will be required to provide cover for the EA to the CEO during holidays etc as required.

What you will be doing:

  • Quick and proactive responses to the CEO’s Business Manager and the CEO’s Executive Assistant, ensuring there is always seamless support for the CEO.
  • Proactive inbox management, including delegating matters to the appropriate person, highlighting where necessary and responding on their behalf as appropriate.
  • Assist with management of diaries, including all logistics and travel to ensure time is optimised when spent in various locations as required.  For hybrid meetings, ensuring that the relevant details are included in the calendar invitations.
  • Support with organising events/offsites as required and many other adhoc tasks.
  • Assisting with collating papers for the CEO’s meetings in a timely manner and preparing the pack for each day.
  • Assisting with travel, expenses, and invoice processing. Keeping accurate and confidential records for gifts & hospitality, complying with regulations.
  • Continually promote and ensure compliance with the Group’s equality and diversity and treating customers fairly policy and procedures.

Qualifications

  • Experience working as a PA within a Financial Services environment.
  • Advanced knowledge of systems including Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other relevant software packages that support the full range of administrative activities.
  • Have a broad knowledge of the market and the industry.
  • Strong team player, capable of working in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail is paramount.
  • Enthusiastic, willing to learn and able to take on feedback.
  • The ability to prioritise a busy workload and to be flexible in a continuously changing environment.
  • Understanding of governance processes and inter-relationships between different areas of the organisation.
  • Solutions-focused, comfortable with thinking laterally and suggest ways of improving existing processes and procedures
  • Self-starter, capable of working alone and unguided, dealing with any situation that arises and confident in making decisions on their behalf where appropriate.
  • Always demonstrate accuracy when sending out papers, and correspondence.
  • Excellent interpersonal/communication skills at all levels and the ability to create a strong internal and external network.
  • Capable of using a variety of technology (including for hybrid meetings). Ability and willingness to learn new tech/systems.
  • Previous experience supporting more than one senior business leader is essential.
  • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise effectively.
  • Ability to work under pressure and be assertive when required.
  • Pays great attention to detail and demonstrates a high degree of accuracy.
  • Ability to act diplomatically and confidentially with sensitive information.
  • A high degree of independence and can fully understand the requirements in the role.

Additional Information

Benefits:

 

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

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