Join us at Barclays as an Executive Assistant were you'll be responsible for providing a professional and efficient EA support to Managing Directors / Directors (MD/Ds) within Legal. You will be expected to work closely with a number of senior executives and their support offices. Your responsibilities will include providing comprehensive support, handling diary management, tracking actions, and engaging with various teams across the organization. Were looking for a colleague who is proactive, hardworking, forward thinking and has a can-do attitude, a colleague who is a team player able to work seamlessly with other assistants and wider stakeholder group.

To be successful as an Executive Assistant, you should have experience with:

• Previous EA experience

• Proven experience of working within a fast paced and demanding environment within professional service organisations, a corporate or financial institution.

• Patience and a good listener

• Excellent written and communication skills with a high-level of attention to detail and accuracy, and the ability to prioritise and operate under pressure in a fast-moving environment

• High level of skill/competency in IT relevant packages e.g. Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous EA experience in a Legal environment (law firm or in-house) or within a financial institution

• Familiar using Workday, Coupa and Concur systems

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To manage the executive's schedule, handling correspondence, preparing presentations and reports, and providing other administrative support as needed. 

Accountabilities

• Management of senior executive members calendars and overseeing their timely responses to meeting invitations and requests.
• Planning and arranging travel itineraries, including flights, accommodation, and ground transportation, ensuring timely and efficient travel for the executive.
• Proactively anticipating the needs of the senior executive, prioritising tasks, and ensuring timely completion.
• Management of day-to-day administrative tasks, such as expenses, maintaining filing systems, and ordering office supplies, annual leave records management, distribution list management and organisation management tasks.
• Management and facilitation of senior executive members meetings.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L Listen and be authentic, E Energise and inspire, A Align across the enterprise, D Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a teams operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive the operating manual for how we behave.