HRDs Personal & Technical Assistant

Company Profile:
Every Day, Around the World, People Reach for Unilever Products. Our Brands
Are Trusted Everywhere And, By Listening to The People Who Buy Them, We've
Grown into One of The World's Most Successful Consumer Goods Companies. In
Fact, ‎150 Million Times A Day, Someone Somewhere Chooses a Unilever Product.
Look in Your Fridge, Or on The Bathroom Shelf, And You're Bound to See One of
Our Well-Known Brands. We Create, Market and Distribute the Products That
People Choose to Feed Their Families and Keep Themselves and Their Homes Clean
and Fresh.
Our Corporate Strategy Aims to Double the Size of Our Business While Reducing
Our Impact on The Environment By ‎2020. As A Result, In the Months and Years to
Come, We Envisage Many Opportunities for Our Staff to Progress and Gain Vital
Experience. It's Never Been Such an Exciting Time to Join the Unilever Team
Job Scope:
This role is to provide pro-active and high-level secretarial support
In this busy and demanding environment, a top level of service is required at
all times.
The PA is self-starter and can interact with senior and international network
both inside the business and externally.
He/she must be capable of managing his/her own time effectively, manage a high
volume of work (much of which is required in short timescales and with high
accuracy in order to meet the Company's high standards of Corporate
Governance).
Roles & Responsibilities
* To act as a PA to Directors & teams, providing them the support necessary to aid in travel arrangement, agenda management, and other necessary areas, to enable them to manage their schedule and workload seamlessly.
* To organize an accurate and workable meetings schedule for the director and team, prioritizing and proactively managing competing priorities.
* Supporting allocated Director & LT on a needs basis.
* Diary management - filtering and prioritizing, avoiding clashes, planning meetings ahead.
* Organization and administration of local meetings & visitors, including regular Team meetings - coordinating all logistics i.e. attendees, timings, equipment and rooms.
* Management of external stakeholders - responsible for reception and smooth running of meetings.
* To be responsible for pulling together presentation and pre-reading materials and collating in a timely manner, in preparation for meetings
* Screening, responding to and redirecting mail, as appropriate.
* Travel management - preparation of itineraries, visas, transport, etc.
* Management of out of office requirements.
* Process travel expenses and invoices.
* Pro-actively tackling issues related to administrative processes to ensure speed and efficiency.
* Ownership of JML (Joiners, Movers & Leavers) process for the team.
* Holiday cover for team PA's within the company.
* Proactively collaborating with PA's within the company.
* Share best practices and Ways of Working.
Role requirements:
Educational background
* Bachelor's degree in relevant studies
Communication:
* Fluent in verbal and written English
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills are very important.
* The position involves communication with staff at all levels throughout the Company and external contacts.
* The incumbent will be required to build and develop knowledge of key individuals and respond appropriately to queries and requests
Experience & Interpersonal skills needed
* Min ‎2-‎3 years of secretarial background supporting a fairly large team at Board or Executive Level
* Advanced MS Office
* Expert with Tele-conferencing and Video-conferencing support
* Proven ability to organize seminars/workshops with attendees from across the region; and to provide support to managers who are traveling, remotely.
* Essential personality traits including: expressive, energetic, interactive, self-motivated, highly organized and good interpersonal skills.
* Minute taking and correspondence of relevant meetings
* Experience in managing office processes and where necessary, developing new approaches to meeting changing needs, is essential.
Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to
drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our
diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a
diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion
across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual
bringing their 'Whole Self' to work and this includes you! Thus if you require
any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time
of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment
journey.