Senior Executive Assistant to the Founder

The Opportunity: As a key member of the team, you will have the opportunity to earn equity in the business and benefit from a future event. As Senior Executive Assistant to the Founder, you will be responsible for all of his personal and professional interests, including various businesses within the business which are at various stages of development. You will support the Founder with his internal relationships within the team as well as his external relationships. You will work closely with the Founder in terms of supporting and encouraging a diverse, collaborative, friendly and trusting culture. You will manage all of the Founder’s communications which will include diary management as well as managing his email and Linkedin. You will have a voice and influence in terms of contributing to the strategic direction of the business. You will be responsible for making international travel arrangements for the Founder and the leadership team; occasionally your finger may slip and you may book yourself on a trip too. You will support the Founder in terms of growth of the various business areas within the wider business, both in terms of strategy and with regards to implementation. What does the perfect candidate look like? You must ideally be doing a similar role already or have done so in the past. Your written and spoken English must be perfect, native or as good as native, and you must be comfortable and excellent at building rapport with senior people face to face and on the phone/video. You are outstandingly bright, emotionally intelligent, proactive and intellectually curious. You have an abundance of problem-solving skills and be creative and positive, solutions-focused. You are ambitious, have a lot of energy, diligence and be driven to succeed. Living anywhere in the UK. The Business: ALC Enable is the only firm in the world to offer a full range of strategic advice exclusively to the executive search industry globally. This professional services firm advises executive search firms around the world on their strategy and growth. We’ve partnered with executive search firms in 36 countries on everything from marcomms support to advice around exit strategy and M&A. We are also retained to hire senior Partners and Managing Partners for boutique search firms around the world, as well as for the global players. Financial Package: The base salary is flexible, depending on experience and requirements (£24,000 - £40,000). Over time, there will be a very lucrative profit share of the business for the right person and other bonus elements too. You will benefit from some expensed international travel including occasional visits to the south of Spain for the business’s international conference, brainstorming and team bonding. Other benefits can be offered depending on the individual’s background and requirement.