Personal Assistant

First South are looking for a friendly, efficient and outgoing Personal Assistant to provide high quality secretarial support to our Managing Director!

As a Personal Assistant, we want you to be passionate and self-motivated in your work, building strong relationships with your helpful and ‘can do' attitude. Your key focus will be to deliver consistently great service every day, by delighting and exceeding expectations.

This is a hybrid role where you will work between home and any of our depots, within the South local business unit.

What will you be doing?

• Opening and screening of incoming correspondence, including telephone, post and e-mail
• Photocopying and despatching outgoing correspondence
• Managing diary schedules
• Recording and passing on messages accurately and efficiently
• Arranging internal and external meetings and preparing necessary documentation
• Arranging travel and accommodation
• Compilation of expense claim forms
• Maintenance of filing system
• Greeting visitors
• Minute and note taking

What are we looking for?

• Computer literate in al Microsoft Office Packages
• Experience in a Personal Assistant role
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines, with strong attention to detail
• Awareness of working with integrity and confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Friendly and helpful manner
• Flexible approach to working hours

What can we offer you?

• Free bus pass for you and your family on joining
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• First Xclusives – Discounts on many high street brands, supermarket's, holiday's and cinema tickets, to name a few
• First My Rewards - Discounted train travel for you and your family after 6 months service – travel as far as London or Edinburgh for £6!
• Generous pension and shares scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24hr, 365 days a year mental health support

Welcome to First Bus

At First Bus, we're proud to be part of so many journeys. We're part of first days at school, dream-job interviews, major sporting events and even life-changing events. Be it behind the wheel, or behind the scenes, we help people get to all of life's destinations.

And every day, we're working hard to make our services easier to use, more accessible, more reliable and more sustainable. We're not perfect, but we're clear about where we're going and how we'll get there. We want to be known for forward-thinking innovation, operational excellence and providing a best-in-class service. To deliver our ambition, we have a pretty neat plan laid out, and we'd love for you to join us for the next stage of your journey, and ours.

Apply now! We look forward to receiving you application.

Public transport serves everyone, whatever their differences. At First Bus, we want to be an employer open to you, no matter what your differences are. We aspire to be an inclusive organisation because diverse backgrounds, thinking and experiences bring so many benefits to our customers, communities and people. We welcome applications from all.