Executive Assistant to COO in London - Val Wade Recruitment

Executive Assistant, Permanent, London, £40,000-£50,000

COO and Co-owner of successful and growing building subcontractor needs highly capable and proactive EA. This is a permanent role, working in their very nice London office Monday to Friday; hours are 8:00am-5:00pm. You will have a high level of commercial awareness and be a key player in a fast moving environment, acting as the COO’s right hand person and this is a great career step.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the COO’s time, priorities and commitments
• Inbox management, correspondence drafting and gatekeeping
• Preparing for meetings (briefings, papers, agendas, actions)
• Following up and chasing action points
• Research projects (commercial, strategic, regulatory or market-based)
• Drafting reports, board papers and briefing notes
• Supporting selected internal projects
• Maintaining digital filing and version management
• Interpreting architectural and construction drawings when needed and understanding and using construction terminology
• Liaising with architects, consultants, contractors and internal technical teams

You will need:

• EA or PA experience with Project Support
• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Strong written communication skills, thrives on responsibility and can work with minimal supervision
• Excellent IT skills (MS Office / Google Workspace; confidence with spreadsheets, presentations and document management)
• Strong organisational and project management capability
• Initiative, common sense and emotional intelligence

If you have experience in construction, architecture, engineering or the wider built environment that would be a plus, as would the ability to read and understand architectural or technical drawings. Experience supporting Senior Leadership or Business owners would be preferred.

Val Wade Recruitment are actively looking for applicants from underrepresented communities and pride ourselves as an equal opportunities’ employer and agency.