260327BR
Personal Assistant
Dublin, City West
Permanent
Full-time
Job Description
Role summary:
The Personal Assistant (PA) role provides comprehensive administrative and executive support to the Senior leaders with Boots Ireland (Directors and Heads of functions). The role focuses on calendar and schedule management, travel arrangements, and administrative duties, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of daily business activities. With excellent organisational skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to maintain confidentiality, the PA helps executives stay focused on strategic priorities by managing their time, communications, and resources effectively. The PA plays a critical role in enhancing the productivity and success of the leadership team.
Calendar and Schedule Management
* Manage Executive Calendars: Coordinate and manage multiple senior leaders' schedules, ensuring the timely arrangement of meetings, appointments, and business commitments.
* Meeting Coordination: Organise internal and external meetings, including preparing agendas, scheduling conference rooms, and ensuring all necessary documentation is provided.
* Travel Arrangements: Plan, coordinate, and book all aspects of business travel, including transportation, accommodation, and itineraries, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Administrative Support
* Email & Communication Management: Screen and manage incoming correspondence (emails, phone calls, and postal mail) for priority and follow-up, ensuring timely responses. Responding to queries from other parts of the busiess and external organisations, liaising with colleagues at all levels.
* Document Management: Collate, proofread, and edit presentations, reports, and other documents, ensuring accuracy and high standards as required.
* Expense Management: Track and manage expense reports for executives, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
* Stakeholder Liaison: Act as a point of contact between the leadership team and both internal and external stakeholders, managing requests, information flow, and relationships.
* Payroll Support: Maintain accurate holiday and absence records for the functional team on the payroll system (PeopleAdmin), supporting timely approvals of timesheets, and approvals for the directors' wider team.
* Create and maintain an effective electronic filing system (EEF) via PeopleAdmin.
* Systems Approvals: Manage approval workflows for systems including Concur, Helix, SAP, and Purchase Orders (POs), ensuring compliance with company policies.
* Assist with notetaking during key meetings or regional case discussions when required.
* Confidentiality and Sensitivity: Handle sensitive information with discretion and ensure compliance with confidentiality agreements and company policies.
* All other duties as reasonably required, which are in line with the general scope and nature of the role. This list is not exhaustive.
Visitor & Visits Coordination
* Visitor Coordination: Manage arrangements for senior leader visits and high-level meetings, ensuring all logistics are planned, including room bookings, catering, and required materials.
* Event Planning for Leadership: Organise and support events or functions hosted by the leadership team, ensuring all details are covered, from logistics to communications.
Keywords
personal assistant, administration
Hours per week
37.5
Latitude,longitude 1
,
Airport
No
Company
Non Stores
Division
15 - Ireland
Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the career site?
No
Region
54 - Ireland
Area
900 - Dublin City
Store
Ireland Support Office
County
County Dublin
Country
IE
Address 1
2nd Floor,5 Riverwalk
Address 2
Citywest Business Campus
Address 3
Citywest, Dublin