Sphere Digital Recruitment Group
Executive Assistant
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Executive Assistant - Senior Leadership
Location: London, UK
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly organised Executive Assistant to support a senior leader within the Corporate Affairs and Sustainability function of a global organisation.
Working in a fast-paced, international environment, you'll become a trusted partner to the executive, providing first-class support across a broad portfolio of responsibilities. You'll play a key role in coordinating strategic initiatives, managing competing priorities and ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with senior stakeholders, thrives on organisation, and is passionate about delivering exceptional support within a collaborative global business.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a complex international diary, travel arrangements, expenses and general executive administration.
- Coordinate internal and external meetings, prepare agendas, briefing documents and presentations, and ensure actions are tracked through to completion.
- Support the planning and coordination of strategic programmes across areas including sustainability, corporate responsibility, governance and business compliance.
- Organise leadership meetings, governance forums and cross-functional working groups involving stakeholders across multiple business functions.
- Provide administrative support for office leadership activities, including team events, visitor coordination and wider employee engagement initiatives.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and teams across the business, acting as a central point of coordination.
- Handle highly confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
- Identify opportunities to improve administrative processes and introduce more efficient ways of working.
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About You
You'll be an experienced Executive Assistant who is comfortable supporting senior leadership within a complex, fast-moving organisation.
You'll bring:
- Previous experience supporting senior executives in an international or corporate environment.
- Outstanding organisational and time management skills, with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to work proactively with minimal supervision.
- A high level of professionalism, discretion and sound judgement.
- Advanced Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams skills.
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Desirable
- Experience supporting teams within legal, corporate affairs, sustainability, governance or compliance functions.
- Previous experience coordinating international projects, leadership meetings or corporate events.
What Success Looks Like
In this role, you'll become a trusted extension of the senior leadership team, ensuring priorities remain on track through exceptional organisation, proactive coordination and strong stakeholder management. Your ability to anticipate needs, build effective relationships and keep complex programmes running smoothly will be key to the success of both the executive and the wider team.
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