PA - Head of Risk

You will be organising the activities of the executive office of the Head of Risk in order to maximise their contribution to the business. Your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Manage diary, arranging and prioritising appointments and organising meetings, events and conferences.Read all inward correspondence, deciding on priorities/actions and whether or not manager needs to see items.  Respond to correspondence without reference, as appropriate.Answer telephone calls, ascertaining their nature and importance, and resolving a range of customer enquiries.Research and interpret information, compiling reports, providing management information and, possibly, making recommendations.Organise travel arrangements in the UK and possibly overseas.Identify and resolve operational/technical/customer problems, or refer as appropriate.Carry out a broad range of clerical procedures/undertake project work as assigned.Prepare/produce a wide range of correspondence, forms, records and reports and other material as required.Maintain filing systems for office correspondence, circulating important copy correspondence, deciding what should be circulated and to whom.May carry out other duties at a similar or lower level to assist in the overall performance of the team.
• May supervise the work of others, contributing to their training and appraisal

My client  

EA experience of supporting at a senior level ideally Managing Director within Financial Services

• Establishes priorities, tasks and work schedules in advance

• Maximises the use of available resources

• Clarifies the responsibilities of self and others, avoiding duplication of activity and wasted effort

• Plans own workload

• Has a ‘can do’ attitude towards challenging performance targets

• Is constantly looking for a better way

• Excellent MS Office skills

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.

A temporary to permanent position paying up to £18 per hour