Personal Assistant to Managing Director

Leicestershire | Hybrid Working

Up to £39,000 + Bonus

Kitson Associates is exclusively recruiting for an experienced Personal Assistant to Managing Director to join an established new-build housing developer based in Leicestershire.

This is a key position supporting the Managing Director and helping to ensure the smooth running of a busy regional business. You’ll need to be highly organised, confident dealing with senior stakeholders and comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. We’re looking for someone who is already operating in a PA, Executive Assistant or similar senior support role. Previous experience within a housebuilder would be highly advantageous, although candidates from closely related property or construction businesses will also be considered.

The role

• You’ll work closely with the Managing Director, providing proactive day-to-day support and acting as a trusted point of contact across the business.Responsibilities will include:Managing the MD’s diary, meetings, appointments and travel arrangements
• Preparing correspondence, reports, presentations and meeting documentation
• Coordinating and attending senior management meetings, including taking minutes and following up actions
• Acting as a key point of contact between the MD, internal teams and external stakeholders
• Managing confidential and commercially sensitive information
• Supporting the MD with business priorities, deadlines and ad-hoc projects
• Coordinating information from different departments ahead of meetings and reviews
• Managing expenses, invoices and other associated administration
• Ensuring actions are followed through and deadlines are kept on track
• Providing additional support to the wider senior leadership team when required

About you

• You’ll already have experience working as a Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant or senior-level PA, ideally supporting an MD, CEO, Regional MD or Director.
• You’ll need excellent organisation and diary-management skills, strong written and verbal communication, confidence dealing with senior people and a high level of discretion.
• Housebuilding experience is strongly preferred, particularly if you understand how a regional housebuilding business operates across departments such as Land, Technical, Commercial, Construction and Sales.

For more information, please apply with an up-to-date CV to Becky Kitson at Kitson Associates. If you do not hear back within 3days, unfortunately, your application was not shortlisted for this particular position on this occasion.Kitson Associates is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The company is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.