Executive Secretary - 1 year Fixed Term Contract

Are you confident and able to encourage collaborative working? Do you prioritise your workload to meet tight deadlines? At Laing O'Rourke we are recruiting an Executive Secretary who ensures every task is undertaken with great care and attention to detail. An Executive Secretary who can be adaptable in order to meet the demands of the role.

The Opportunity:

To provide strong secretarial support to the team of Pre-Construction Leaders with particular emphasis on the need to provide accurate and well formatted documentation to the highest standard to support the brand of the business.

What will the role look like?

• Provide exceptional, efficient and effective secretarial support to the Pre-Construction Leaders with our Clients & Marketing area. Co-ordinate day to day activities with their teams and key stakeholders.
• Communicate professionally with external key stakeholders and liaise effective with internal teams in all areas of our business, building strong collaborative relationships and a wide network of support.
• Contribute to the preparation of information packs, drawing from dashboard data, including graphics, charts and trend analysis.
• Manage sensitive and confidential data appropriately.
• Arrange and prepare for meetings/telephone and video conferences.
• Manage diaries and diary changes effectively.
• Professional but strong gate keeping to protect Leaders time and delegating where appropriate and right to do so.
• Arrange complex travel, accommodation and itineraries and inevitably changes.
• Able to take, record and deliver accurate messages.
• Collaboratively support the wider People function (HR). 

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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