Personal Assistant

Are you a looking for a rewarding and varied administration role? We're looking for a highly organised individual to work as a Personal Assistant for our IT Director.

Working directly with the IT Director and the wider leadership team within the business you'll be central to keeping things moving by providing administrative support. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to develop in an administrative role with lots of opportunity to get involved in day-to-day operations.

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family-owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.

Your main responsibilities:

• Provide full support as required to the IT Director
• Meet all deadlines, communicating effectively to all relevant parties and ensuring company processes and policies are adhered to
• Interact with internal and external partners with integrity, honesty, and knowledge whilst promoting the culture, values, and mission of Bestway
• Manage the IT Director's diary to ensure that their time is effectively organised and planned, organising all meetings, ensuring attendees are fully briefed
• Letter and email writing to a high standard
• Presentation preparation using Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc
• Working with internal HR & IT systems to provide admin support
• Work with the wider leadership team on work where necessary
• Open, prioritise and where appropriate answer IT Director's email to ensure that only essential information is forwarded; advise of any urgent matters
• Work with other PA’s in the business to complete tasks as necessary

About You

• Experience of working with Office365 and the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly skilled in using Excel and Word
• Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically with a wide range of audiences whether by phone, email or in person
• An effective forward planner who thinks of details and with the ability to anticipate and respond quickly to change
• Able to deal with confidential and sensitive information appropriately
• Able to make the best use of time particularly when under pressure from competing priorities
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to produce written correspondence of a high quality

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.