Personal Assistant

PERSONAL ASSISTANT 

REQ ID: 123693
JOB TITLE: Personal Assistant
SALARY: Competitive

POSTING START DATE: 01/05/24
POSTING END DATE: 14/05/24
LOCATION: Gaydon

JLR is harnessing technology to make driving smarter, safer and cleaner. You can help create a world in which responsible, sustainable vehicles revolutionise the driving experience for generations. Our vision is to leverage the incredible potential of technology to build vehicles that not only offer a premium, all-encompassing digital experience, but that also make our customers lives better.

WHAT TO EXPECT

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Personal Assistant to join our team, supporting the JLR Enterprise Performance & Quality (EP&Q) Directors of Business Excellence (BEX) and Enterprise Value Optimisation (VOO). This role is crucial to the smooth running of the Enterprise Performance function, requires a great level of flexibility, and comes with a high level of responsibility.

As the Personal Assistant you’ll have sole responsibility of the Director’s time, prioritising key business activities, liaising with their leadership team, managing objectives, and ensuring that follow up actions and tasks are delivered promptly.

You’ll also be responsible for the following:

• Providing organisational and administrative support to the Directors to enable effective delivery of team objectives.
• Acting as the point of contact for the team and wider business on BEX and VOO departmental queries.
• Working alongside Business Office and Business Management teams to help Directors, and the wider EP&Q organisation to maximise their efficiency and impact.
• Managing Director’s emails and tasks until complete, prioritising and delegating/escalating.
• Organising meetings, venues and catering for events.
• Organising UK and Overseas travel booking, visas, accommodation etc.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

To be successful in the role you will need the following skills and experience:

• Have excellent communication skills.
• Possess an agile and flexible approach to change, with the emphasis on being able to adapt to business priorities.
• Have exceptional organisational skills for task and objective management.
• Able to organise Executive Director’s tasks, to ensure objectives are met.
• Possess strong project management capabilities with the ability to make recommendations.

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.