Personal Assistant - Short Term Contract

Personal Assistant - Short Term Contract Personal Assistant - Short Term Contract The location of the role is Paddington, London (5 days per week in the office). The duration of the contract is 4 weeks. The pay rate on…

Pay rate £180 – £200/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 4 October 2026

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Personal Assistant - Short Term Contract
Personal Assistant - Short Term Contract

The location of the role is Paddington, London (5 days per week in the office).
The duration of the contract is 4 weeks.
The pay rate on offer is £180 - £200 per day (via PAYE).

Key accountabilities of the role

Provide support to the Heads of, in your appointed business areas.
Complex diary management, for both internal and external events, meetings and appointments, ensuring suitable facilities are available and briefing documents are distributed appropriately.
Manage email inbox and Teams communications, responding on Heads of behalf where appropriate, escalating priority matters, and ensuring timely follow up of actions and correspondence.
Provide administrative support including complex UK and overseas travel arrangements, POs and expense claims.
Identify and implement opportunities to create simpler, faster and more effective processes.
Act as a first point of contact for your appointed Heads of, to internal and external personnel, representing them and managing issues as appropriate.
Maintain a clear understanding of your Heads of deadlines, priorities and goals and keep up to date with Business priorities and adapt to any changes.
Provide support for key meetings, including drafting agendas, collating pre reads, distributing papers and following up on actions to ensure they are completed within agreed timeframes.
Support with the preparation of presentations/reports for internal and external meetings and events.
Key skills and experience

Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times and be a brand ambassador at all times, by role modelling our behaviours.
Work collaboratively within the PA community to maximise efficiency and effectiveness. Build good working relationships with key internal colleagues and stakeholders.
IT Skills: Highly skilled in using software such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), MyHR, internal finance systems or other office productivity tools. This includes creating and editing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Keep up to date with Business technology to support effective working e.g. CoPilot, Clarity (expenses).
Email and Calendar Management: Effective management of emails and calendars, organizing schedules, setting up appointments, responding to emails and ensuring that important dates and deadlines are not missed with minimal errors made.
Exceptional planning and organisational skills and ability to coordinate events.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to act at pace and work efficiently to ensure high levels of accuracy are achieved.
Ability to handle competing priorities, time-sensitive projects and potential conflicts; making decisions and demonstrating sound judgement whist maintaining excellent attention to detail, professionalism and confidentiality.If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website

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