Executive Assistant
Location: Sheffield (Primarily Office-Based with up to 1 Day Hybrid Working)
Salary: £35,000 – £42,000 FTE (Dependent on Experience)
Hours: Full Time (Flexibility Available for the Right Candidate)
Contract Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
We're delighted to be supporting our client in the search for an experienced and highly organised Executive Assistant to support two ambitious business leaders and Co founders within a fast-growing, award-winning professional services organisation.
This is a rare opportunity to become a trusted partner to the company's co-founders, helping them maximise their impact by managing priorities, protecting their time, and ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations. Working at the heart of the business, you'll support senior leadership, coordinate key projects and events, and play an important role in helping the organisation continue its impressive growth journey.
If you're a proactive problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys bringing structure and organisation to busy schedules, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide comprehensive executive support to two co-founders, managing priorities across multiple business areas.
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Proactively manage complex diaries, schedules, meetings, and appointments and monitor and triage inboxes, responding on behalf of senior leaders where appropriate.
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Monitor and triage inboxes, responding on behalf of senior leaders where appropriate.
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Arrange travel, accommodation, and detailed itineraries.
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Prepare meeting agendas, papers, briefing notes, and follow-up actions.
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Manage actions arising from meetings, ensuring tasks are followed through to completion.
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Coordinate leadership meetings, strategy sessions, and quarterly reviews.
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Liaise confidently with clients, colleagues, and external stakeholders and handle confidential and sensitive information with the highest level of professionalism and discretion.
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Support internal events, team socials, networking activities, and charity initiatives and Assist with project coordination and ensure key business priorities remain on track.
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Handle confidential and sensitive information with the highest level of professionalism and discretion.
What We're Looking For
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Proven experience as an Executive Assistant supporting senior leaders, directors, or business owners with experience supporting multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
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Exceptional organisational and time-management skills.
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Strong communication skills, both written and verbal with excellent attention to detail.
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Confident using Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and modern workplace technology.
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Professional, diplomatic, and capable of dealing with confidential information.
What's In It For You?
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Competitive salary of £35,000 – £42,000 FTE, depending on experience.
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Pension scheme and profit share scheme with 10% of company profits shared equally across the team.
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Flexible working hours with core hours of 9:30am – 3:30pm.
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Up to one day per week working from home.
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, plus Birthday paid leave
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Modern Sheffield office with parking options available.
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Comprehensive personal development and career progression opportunities.
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Quarterly performance incentives and team rewards.
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Regular team socials and recognition events.
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Wellbeing support and healthcare cashback scheme.
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Company mobile phone and expenses card.
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Fresh fruit and a relaxed, flexible dress code.
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A genuinely supportive culture focused on collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous development.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
The Talent Division is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to succeed.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe diverse teams make stronger businesses and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we'll be happy to support you
