EXECUTIVE PERSONAL ASSISTANT - Direct Person - No Agents

Flexible, adaptable, intelligent, diplomatic and ruthlessly efficient describes the person required.

This opportunity is only for serious players.

Your British Spoken and Written English skills must be excellent; there is no time for correcting spellings and pronunciations from other jurisdictions and dialects.

You must be capable of being shown how to do something once and then doing it correctly, consistently and repeatedly without needing to be reminded, chased or shown again.

You must be available to start immediately.

British working hours must be covered, although working times will vary and may fall anywhere between 6.00 am and 9.00 pm.

Weekend work will be required when workloads, urgent cases or major deadlines demand it.

You will become the right-hand person to the Executive Director of Landlord Licensing & Defence.

Things must be made to happen quickly, accurately and efficiently so that backlogs do not develop and deadlines are never missed.

Fast and reliable broadband is essential, together with a backup internet connection for use if the main service fails because of a provider problem, natural disaster or any other disruption.

This role is for someone who works hard, goes the extra mile, remains dependable and understands that clients and urgent work cannot simply be abandoned when pressure increases.

The systems are relatively simple and straightforward, and anyone who listens carefully, follows instructions and learns quickly should be capable of providing the required support.

Much of the work involves copying and pasting accurately, interpreting information, filling gaps, completing forms, preparing documents, maintaining systems and relentlessly following people up until the required result is achieved.

The Executive Director does not have time to continue carrying out administration because previous assistants were inefficient, failed to learn and could not act properly upon short or incomplete instructions.

There is nothing unnecessarily complicated about the administrative work, but it must be completed correctly, quickly and in exactly the required way.

Excellent spoken and written English is compulsory.

Perfect grammar, spelling, comprehension and attention to detail must be demonstrated in everything written and said throughout the application process.

Being “nearly right” will not be good enough.

Communication must always be written in the required house style, which means that there is no “I” or “we”, the client and subject matter remain central, opinions are not invented and every statement is based upon facts, evidence, the law and the reality of the work being undertaken.

All clients are under immense pressure because enforcement action is being taken against them.

Anxiety and distress must be handled quickly, calmly and diplomatically without promises being made that cannot be fulfilled and without deadlines being committed to unless delivery can be guaranteed.

Incomplete instructions must be understood in the context of previous work so that documents and tasks can be prepared for checking without everything having to be explained from the beginning.

Corrections must be understood, implemented immediately and applied to all future work without the same mistakes being repeated.

This is not a comfortable role for someone who needs constant supervision, avoids responsibility, disappears when things become difficult or produces excuses instead of results.

The Executive Director works fast, expects things to be done properly, does not suffer fools gladly and wants the bloody job done.

If that sounds unreasonable, do not apply.

If that sounds like the challenge you have been waiting for, apply now.

Where you live does not matter, and applications are welcomed from anywhere in the world provided that the required working hours, availability, internet reliability and standard of English can be delivered without exception.

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