Executive Assistant

The role

You will run the CEO's day to day: the diary, priorities and details. You will coordinate board and leadership meetings and handle travel and sensitive information. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave.

What you will do

• Own the CEO's diary end to end, protecting focus time
• Make sure every meeting has a clear purpose and the right people
• Coordinate board and leadership meetings, including the papers
• Chase actions and make sure nothing falls through the cracks
• Manage complex travel and itineraries
• Be the first point of contact for the CEO
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
• Represent the CEO well with senior stakeholders, investors and the exec team
• Coordinate offsites, leadership meetings and cross-team moments
• Spot where things could run better and fix them

Required qualifications

• Experience supporting a CEO, founder or senior executive in a fast-moving business
• Ideally experience at C-suite level
• A sharp eye for detail
• Judgement to know what is urgent, important and what can wait
• Total discretion with confidential and sensitive information
• A calm, organised approach under pressure
• Confidence to manage upwards and push back when needed

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Completion bonus
• Health, wellbeing and learning support
• Gym membership
• Smart Tech Scheme
• Cycle Scheme
• Birthday or special day leave
• Buy and sell holiday scheme
• 1 week's paid charity leave, and more

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not offered for this role
• Hiring process: screening call, then 1st stage with Senior Executive Assistants, 2nd stage with the VP Strategy and Corporate Development, 3rd stage with the CEO

About the company

Checkatrade is the UK's leading platform for finding a tradesperson, with more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews. The company is building technology to help trades spend less time on admin and homeowners find a trusted trade first time.