Personal Assistant to Commercial & Marketing Director

Are you a diligent, proactive, and confident Personal Assistant looking for a new challenge in an industry you’re particularly passionate about? Here at Mitchells & Butlers, we are at the heart of hospitality. With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned. Think of a brand for any occasion, we’re all about providing moments to remember.

An opportunity has arisen for a full time, permanent Personal Assistant (PA) that will see you responsible for providing a pro-active and comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to our Commercial & Marketing Director. The remit of our Commercial & Marketing Director is broad and diverse; therefore, you will be required to adapt and be flexible to support them successfully.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced PA who is measured and focused with proven capability in inbox management, managing a busy diary, arranging travel, processing expenses, liaising with senior stakeholders, preparing for board meetings and presentations, organising conferences, and taking pride in playing an integral role working for our Commercial & Marketing Director and their direct reports.

What’s in it for me?

• Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered.  What’s more, you can also choose FIVE of your nearest and dearest and sign them up to 20% family and friend’s discount.
• Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all! 
• Flexible working – to fit around the other important things in life   
• Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in.  
• Private medical plan- to help keep you safe and secure  

On top of all this, we offer; a pension, 26 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There's also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.

The Opportunity – Personal Assistant

• Carrying out administration and secretarial duties on behalf of the Commercial & Marketing Director, and their direct reports where required, including both proactive and reactive management of diaries, prioritisation of engagements and ensuring all necessary information is correct and up to date
• Forward planning and organising on behalf of the Commercial & Marketing Director, understanding the business priorities to efficiently manage diaries, ensuring effective use of time
• Acting as intermediary dealing with external calls and meeting requests
• Owning the setup of meetings, booking rooms and arranging travel as required
• Playing a key role in the organisation of internal conferences and Reward & Recognition events
• Preparing materials as required for presentations:  PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, etc
• Processing of expenses via Selenity
• Providing assistance to internal and external stakeholders and visitors, ensuring that all visitors are welcomed in a professional and courteous manner

What do I need?

• Prior and proven Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant experience, ideally within a large organisation at Director/Executive level
• Confident communicator with strong levels of diplomacy and confidentiality
• Strong IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
• Ability to work on own initiative and to be highly proactive and productive
• Proven confidence with the ability to cope well under pressure and manage sensitive issues
• Ability to judge a context, establish and build strong working relationships
• A passion for your role and our industry

Closing date: Midnight, 5th April

This role is ‘Support/Technical grade. 

This profile of this role is Office Flexible. 

Line Manager – Chris Hopkins, Commercial & Marketing Director.

Are you a diligent, proactive, and confident Personal Assistant looking for a new challenge in an industry you’re particularly passionate about? Here at Mitchells & Butlers, we are at the heart of hospitality. With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned. Think of a brand for any occasion, we’re all about providing moments to remember.

An opportunity has arisen for a full time, permanent Personal Assistant (PA) that will see you responsible for providing a pro-active and comprehensive administrative and secretarial support to our Commercial & Marketing Director. The remit of our Commercial & Marketing Director is broad and diverse; therefore, you will be required to adapt and be flexible to support them successfully.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced PA who is measured and focused with proven capability in inbox management, managing a busy diary, arranging travel, processing expenses, liaising with senior stakeholders, preparing for board meetings and presentations, organising conferences, and taking pride in playing an integral role working for our Commercial & Marketing Director and their direct reports.

What’s in it for me?

• Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, so whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery we’ve got you covered.  What’s more, you can also choose FIVE of your nearest and dearest and sign them up to 20% family and friend’s discount.
• Buy up to an extra 2 weeks holiday – life is for living after all! 
• Flexible working – to fit around the other important things in life   
• Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in.  
• Private medical plan- to help keep you safe and secure  

On top of all this, we offer; a pension, 26 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There's also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.

The Opportunity – Personal Assistant

• Carrying out administration and secretarial duties on behalf of the Commercial & Marketing Director, and their direct reports where required, including both proactive and reactive management of diaries, prioritisation of engagements and ensuring all necessary information is correct and up to date
• Forward planning and organising on behalf of the Commercial & Marketing Director, understanding the business priorities to efficiently manage diaries, ensuring effective use of time
• Acting as intermediary dealing with external calls and meeting requests
• Owning the setup of meetings, booking rooms and arranging travel as required
• Playing a key role in the organisation of internal conferences and Reward & Recognition events
• Preparing materials as required for presentations:  PowerPoint slides, Excel spreadsheets, etc
• Processing of expenses via Selenity
• Providing assistance to internal and external stakeholders and visitors, ensuring that all visitors are welcomed in a professional and courteous manner

What do I need?

• Prior and proven Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant experience, ideally within a large organisation at Director/Executive level
• Confident communicator with strong levels of diplomacy and confidentiality
• Strong IT skills (MS Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
• Ability to work on own initiative and to be highly proactive and productive
• Proven confidence with the ability to cope well under pressure and manage sensitive issues
• Ability to judge a context, establish and build strong working relationships
• A passion for your role and our industry

Closing date: Midnight, 5th April