Executive Assistant to Group Head of Real Estate Practice
Salary: up to £70,000 p.a.
Location: The role will be based in London and will require regular European travel.
Job description:
In order to deliver the strategic imperatives of this major international firm on a global basis, an Executive Assistant is required to help support the Real Estate EMEA Group Head. The Executive Assistant role reports directly to the Group Head and is based in the London office where they will work with the Group Business Manager. This is a key role facilitating both strategic and operational activities for the firm especially in relation to the management and development of the Real Estate practice in Continental Europe.
The purpose of the role is to provide operational support to the Group Head by undertaking a range of tasks and projects:
- Lead and deliver various projects to help integrate the Group in Europe
- Communication of new initiatives and progress reports to MD’s/Partners/Group Head
- Prepare business cases and proposals for Group and board level approval
- Organise internal events, conferences etc and prepare/write speeches for Group Head
- Assist with the strategic planning process at group level
- Evaluate and analyse the commercial value of proposals
- Anticipate general day to day needs of the Group Head and act accordingly
- Liaise between the partners and support team directors to draw on skills and resource as required to deliver strategic initiatives
- Prepare the Group Head for global meetings, pitches and marketing events.
- Manage all administrative elements of the Group Head's role, highlighting, prioritising and eliminating inefficiencies
Experience:
- A graduate, ideally holding an MBA
- A business consultant/analyst either from a management consultancy or blue-chip corporate environment, or possibly working in a similar capacity for a professional services, ideally partnership, environment. Could possibly be a former lawyer who has or wants to move away from fee-earning or a BD professional looking for a different type of role
- Exposure to professional services culture would be advantageous
- Exposure to client organisations would be advantageous
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