Personal Assistant - Business Energy

About the Role

Base Location: Reading (Preferred), Cardiff or Perth would be considered as alternative locations.

This is a Hybrid role, working a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

Salary: £30,273 - £35,194 + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | We're proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work.

What is the Role?

As the Personal Assistant to the Director and Leadership team of Business Energy you will provide functions and support to ensure the leadership team can effectively and efficiently run the business operations. This is an exciting role where no two days are the same.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Diary and Travel Management - Coordinating diaries, meeting invitations, room and facility requirements and travel bookings.

• Meeting Management – Ensuring agendas, pre-meeting material and actions collated, complete and issued ahead of meetings. Attendance, contribution and minute taking at a variety of meetings, ensuring timely completion of post meeting actions.

• Collation and production of internal weekly and monthly reports.

• Preparation of internal and external communications on behalf of the Leadership team, where required liaising with internal and external communication teams.

• Administrative support and assistance with additional duties such as, managing holiday, absence, recruitment, training and compliance records.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Previous experience in a similar role.

• Strong IT skills and knowledge of Office 365 suite – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint and Teams as a minimum.

• Great organisation skills including the ability to prioritise and manage complex schedules.

• Interpersonal and listening skills to understand the needs of others.

• Excellent organisation, presentation and writing skills with experience of producing reports, meeting packs etc.

About our Business

The race to net zero is intensifying for businesses of all sizes. Sustainable decisions made today can meet customers' changing needs for tomorrow and bring long-term success for businesses. Part of SSE plc, the UK and Ireland's largest renewable electricity generator, SSE Energy Solutions is different as all its renewable electricity is sourced from SSE's own UK wind and hydro assets.

In addition to providing gas and electricity to businesses across the UK, SSE Energy Solutions invests in, builds and connects localised flexible infrastructure to drive the long-term performance of energy assets. SSE Energy Solutions works with its customers to deliver financially robust plans to bring flexibility and diversity to their energy infrastructure - the low-carbon solutions they need to succeed in the race to net zero.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement (including public holidays), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Lynsey on lynsey.macdonald@sse.com or on 01738 340426.

EXTERNAL: Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

INTERNAL: As a courtesy, please let your current line manager know you are applying.

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