Personal Assistant | S1 | SCIB | 3 - Months FTC

This job is with Santander UK, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (SCIB) is Santander's global division that supports some of the world's most complex and sophisticated corporate and institutional clients, offering customized services and value-added wholesale products to best meet their needs.

We are looking for a Team PA/Assistant to provide general office administrative and PA support to our front office within Santander Corporate and Investment Banking (SCIB) to ensure the smooth running of their division. This is an initial fixed term contract for 3 months with the possibility of extension. You'll provide professional, well organised administrative support, and will act as the first point of contact for senior managers, creating a positive impression for both internal and external contacts. You will be highly organised with the ability to multitask and prioritise workloads and be confident liaising with colleagues at all levels.

The difference you’ll make:

• Managing diaries; prioritising appointments, arranging and coordinating meetings, as well as supporting with event planning.
• Ensuring papers, documents and information are gathered and produced in advance of meetings, liaising with other teams/offices where needed.
• Managing new employees and leavers within the department, correspondence, enquiries and requests for information, prioritising, and actioning as appropriate.
• Administrative tasks; organising global travel arrangements, expense management, updating HR systems, assisting with ad hoc errands.
• Collaborating effectively with colleagues and team members, assisting with projects and tasks, and providing PA cover when required whilst building your PA network across the wider business.

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Experience working as a secretary or personal assistant in a large organisation, supporting senior managers/directors.
• Effective interpersonal skills and excellent communication - confident, organised, and clear.

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Relevant previous experience within administrative role supporting senior management or in financial services.
• Extensive Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).
• Bilingual skills e.g. Spanish would be advantageous.

What else you need to know:

This role is based at our offices in Triton Square, London located within easy walking distance from Warren Street and Euston. We want our people to thrive at work and home and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 3 days a week (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location. We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process. If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion: At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you:

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5 years service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies.

What to do next: If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.