The Company:
Eazyrecruit is a specialist provider of resourcing solutions to organisations in the UK, North America and Asia Pacific.
Presently the business operates from offices in Birmingham, London and New York with a virtual presence in Manchester and an office opening in Sydney in November 2009.
The success of our business is credited to the quality of the services we provide, the fanatical approach to customer experience and the extensive and intelligent use of web based technology to keep costs low.
Although the company is only 5 years old, a lot has been achieved and momentum is strongly building within the HR community, both at home and abroad, that Eazyrecruit is ‘the’ place to go for quality candidates for a low investment.
The Position:
To support future growth of the firm, we are recruiting for a Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant to support the Chief Executive Officer in their day to day work load.
Daily responsibilities within this position will include:
v First point of contact for callers to the business (we employ a call answering service so calls are minimal).
v Scheduling appointments for the CEO, including telephone interviews with prospective candidates.
v Reviewing resumes and screening against client criteria, rejecting unsuitable individuals.
v Responding to incoming e-mail, correspondence and faxes.
v Producing documents, briefing papers and presentations.
v Keying Vendor invoices and circulating for approval prior to payment.
v Raising & following up client invoices in the USA , UK and Australia .
v Preparing marketing material, executing marketing campaigns and monitoring the results.
v Data entry & maintenance of CRM system.
v Carrying out background research and presenting findings into subjects that the CEO is dealing with.
v Designing and maintaining systems to automate the business and minimize duplication/unnecessary tasks.
v Arranging travel and accommodation when required for the CEO.
v Arranging of dinner engagements, gift purchases, and ensuring the CEO is reminded of important personal engagements.
v Undertaking light domestic duties when the CEO is absent, including laundry to the dry cleaners, forwarding mail etc.
v Representing the CEO in their absence at events and functions as directed.
v Booking of delegates onto training events.
v Other tasks and activities as directed from time to time.
The Person:
Eazyrecruit is heavily influenced through the personality of the CEO. As such, applicants for this position must demonstrate the ability to work professionally and productively in a very informal environment and at times take the lead in initiating work.
You will be relied on to provide efficient support services and discretion and confidentiality are important and mandatory factors to be successful within this post.
Key attributes of the individual who would be suited to this role include:
v Strongly self motivated with a sense of priority and direction to achieve business goals.
v Organised with an ability to multitask.
v A passion to carve out a role in a young business and have an influence of the shape of the business in months to come.
v Excellent communication skills, both written and oral with confidence to deal with individuals of all social backgrounds and positions.
v A sense of objectivity and the clarity to see shades of grey as well as black and white.
v Desire to provide excellent customer service to suppliers, clients and candidates of the business.
v Flexibility to ‘roll’ with the growing pains that affect new businesses from time to time.
v A willingness to learn new methods and practices as well as influence the business with skills and knowledge which you already have.
In return, you will be provided with extensive training on a number of business practices and processes.
If you feel that you meet the qualities and requirements of this role, apply in confidence
Please note that this will be a role working from your home office and supporting the CEO who works out of the UK.
