Personal Assistant

The role

You will support the senior and wider leadership team as a Personal Assistant, managing busy diaries, customer and supplier visits, and company town hall meetings. You will handle meeting preparation, travel, expenses and correspondence for the leaders.

What you will do

• Manage senior leaders' diaries, including scheduling and prioritising workload
• Arrange internal and external meetings and prepare meeting materials and agendas
• Plan travel itineraries, including flights, trains, hotels, car hire and currency
• Coordinate meetings, events, team offsites, away days and workshops
• Process and manage expenses, invoices and purchase orders, and manage cost centres
• Prepare documents for executive meetings, including Board meetings
• Attend meetings, capture actions and notes, and follow up on actions with stakeholders
• Manage email and handle internal and external correspondence on behalf of the executive
• Assist with weekly team emails and presentation decks
• Suggest process improvements to keep the executive's diary running smoothly

Required qualifications

• Ideally previous PA experience supporting senior leaders in a busy environment, or strong experience in travel, logistics, events management, or a high-touch customer-facing role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with confidence engaging colleagues at all levels
• Outstanding organisational skills and a proven ability to prioritise demanding workloads
• Self-driven and motivated, taking initiative without being asked
• Ability to stay calm under pressure and show resilience to change
• Responsible handling of sensitive information
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• A UK driving licence and access to a car

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a private equity-backed or publicly listed company
• Previous experience working for scaling businesses in technology, advanced manufacturing, or engineering sectors

Benefits

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
• 5 extra days per year to buy or sell
• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
• Additional 4% of salary to spend on extra benefits
• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
• Company performance based bonus
• Company Share Scheme, open to every employee
• Company Pension Scheme, 5% with employer match
• Breakfast provided every day

Before you apply

• A UK driving licence and access to a car are required

About the company

Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation with the Valo, an electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) zero emissions aircraft. The company is targeting airliner-level safety certification in 2029.