About The Role:
Due to the continuous growth of the business, we are excited to be recruiting an Executive Assistant. Your role will primarily be to support the new CFO and CGC with tasks ensuring a consistent approach to executive support. The role will be varied, challenging and enjoyable, giving you opportunity to take ownership and shape the position to best suit both the CFO, CGC and yourself while working in a rapidly growing global organisation.

Please note the role will be office based in the RWS Head Office in Chalfont St Peter and will require occasional travel to the RWS Maidenhead and London offices.

Main Duties Include:
* Act as first point of contact for your executives
* Manage daily administrative tasks
* Diary management, forward planning, email and communication management
* Screen emails and telephone calls
* Organising meetings and logistics - room, materials, clients, meeting reconfirming, refreshments etc
* Booking travel as required
* Interpret instructions and issues arising and then implement actions appropriately
* Approve decisions, requests, expenditure and recommendations on behalf of your executives in their absence, according to agreed guidelines
* Handle a wide range of sensitive, confidential and high-profile correspondence and records with tact and discretion

Requirements:
* Previous senior or executive level PA experience is essential, ideally gained within in a multinational company
* Solid communication skills, with excellent command of written and spoken English is essential
* Great interpersonal skills, with emotional intelligence
* Strong organisational skills, able to deal with a fast-paced environment
* Ability to interact with both internal and external executive level individuals
* Extensive experience of working with Microsoft packages including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
* The ability to work to tight deadlines and adaptable to working in a fast paced ever changing environment
* Ability to work on their own initiative, solving problems as necessary
* High level of integrity and confidentiality with strong attention to detail
* Excellent organisational and time-management skills with a high attention to detail

Life at RWS: 
We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch. 
As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture.
We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws, if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy, and we will adhere to the highest standard.  

 
Equal Opportunity: 
RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.  RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.