Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?
Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team?
Join our Personal Assistant Team
As a Personal Assistant, you will be the heartbeat of our Leadership Team, ensuring their days run smoothly and efficiently. From managing diaries and emails to orchestrating key events and maintaining essential communications, your role is pivotal in supporting their goals and our company's success. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy multitasking, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Success. The Softcat Way.
There's a uniqueness to Softcat – what we do, how we do it and why we do it. That's because we help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. We give everyone the chance to step up and show how much they can achieve. We succeed when all our people succeed.
Be an inbox and diary maestro
As a Personal Assistant, you'll be responsible for:
- Overseeing incoming emails, managing meeting requests, preparing correspondence, and keeping the schedules of our Alliances Director, Commercial Operations Director, Head of Corporate Sales North and South in perfect harmony
- Managing team meeting agendas, taking actions, following up on deadlines, and ensuring everything runs like clockwork.
- Planning and executing the annual Golf Day including venue finding, sponsorship, merchandise and logistics with creative flair, ensuring an unforgettable experience for our customers.
- Planning and executing the annual Alliances and Commercial Operations Kick Off including venue finding, team building activity, onsite support and managing the budget. Additionally supportingwith the Commercial Breakout at our Annual Company Kick Off.
- Supportingvendor conferences with meticulous travel arrangements, meeting schedules, and seamless stakeholder communication.
- Booking travel and accommodation in the UK and internationally, preparing detailed itineraries and adhering to our travel & expenses policy.
We'd love you to have
- Previous PA experience
- Stellar oral and written communication skills across all levels.
- Exceptional administrative skills with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- The ability to take initiative and handle confidential information with discretion.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
- Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
- Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.
Join us
To become part of the success story, please apply now.
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
