Personal Assistant
This is a new role created to support a Rural Director based in York who is also Head of the York office.
Role Overview
This is a new role created to support a Rural Director based in York who is also Head of the York office.
A great opportunity for a talented and experienced PA to create a role, processes and structure that allows the Director to focus on managing the office, team and his fee earning client work.
The Director specialises in the provision of rural property management and consultancy services across Yorkshire and County Durham, alongside some sporting estate consultancy.
Key Responsibilities
Supporting in all areas below:
- Manage every aspect of day to day activity, taking care of key tasks such as managing meetings, booking appointments, full diary and email management.
- Working with and supporting him to create time and space to manage the office, his team and his clients.
- First point of contact for the rest of the business and clients.
- Booking travel and accommodation requirements.
- Assisting with ISO compliance and internal audit procedures.
- Assisting with arranging team events, business development seminars and conferences.
- Managing timesheets and expenses.
- Utilising Savills IT systems to update CRM database, and financial systems to raise client invoices and process purchase invoices (full training will be provided).
Key Skills
You must be able to demonstrate the following:
- Experienced PA with proven and demonstrable experience of working at a senior level.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality.
- The ability to work under pressure and deal with conflicting priorities.
- Strong organisation and time management skills for self and manager.
- Excellent communications skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Strong working knowledge of O365 with an ability to do audio dictation being an advantage.
- A can-do attitude.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Proactivity.
- Persistence.
Team Overview
The Rural Director you would be supporting has direct responsibility for the York office which comprises 42 people and leads a team of ten surveyors, property managers and administrators. This team primarily delivers estate management services for a range of private and institutional clients. He also represents the office on the regional executive committee, delivery of the regional business and interacting with other Savills offices.
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- Business area
- Rural & Projects
- Role
- Rural Management
- Locations
- York
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role is office based
- Salary
- Competitive
York
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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Personal Assistant
This is a new role created to support a Rural Director based in York who is also Head of the York office.
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