November 8, 2024

Crieff Hydro Limited

Crieff

FULL TIME

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Job Ref: CRI3998

Branch: Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels Business Partners

Location: Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels, Crieff

Salary/Benefits: Competitive

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Shift pattern: Mon - Fri with flexibility as the role requires

Hours per week: 40

Posted date: 08/11/2024

Closing date: 10/12/2024

Join Our Family...
At Crieff Hydro Family of Hotels, we're all about family. Our seven hotels, located in three stunning Scottish locations, are family-owned and operated. We offer a warm welcome to guests and team members alike, and we believe in creating memories and incorporating our brand values into everything we do. All of our hotels, big and small, offer exceptional food and drink, great beds, and a variety of activities.

We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our Chairman and CEO, Stephen Leckie.
As Chairman CEO of a £30M business, Stephen takes charge of operating seven hotels from Crieff and the Borders to the West Highlands. In addition, he’s Chairman of Visit Scotland and participates at committee level in various other organisations local and national. Stephen is also currently Lord-Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross meaning he is His Majesty the King’s personal representative in the area.
There is no such thing as a typical day with us, however here’s some of the things we think you’ll be doing in this role:

Proactive diary management and organisation for the Leadership team
Booking all sorts of things like travel, meeting rooms, events, board meetings, entertainment
Managing personal administration for the CEO
Working with the leadership team and other key stakeholders to prepare speeches, presentations and briefings for internal and external events (CEO is a board member of several external organisations)
Capture working action notes and meeting minutes as required e.g. in Board or Leadership meetings
Managing telephone/email interactions to support the leadership team
Flexibility is required to be able to travel to any of our 10 sites and for working out with office hours when occasionally required – however base location for this role is flexible if linked to one of our sites

What we need from you:
You will undertake both administrative and practical duties. You will therefore be proficient in Microsoft Office, have good organisational skills and a willingness to turn your hand to almost anything. You should also have the confidence and experience to represent Stephen, where necessary, by phone or in person with a wide spectrum of people from team members in the hotel to senior political figures.
Based in Crieff, this role would suit someone with a flexible approach incuding some out of office hours to support events taking place.

You’ll be confident, professional and proactive
You’ll be commercially astute and organisationally savvy
You’ll have a positive 'can-do' attitude
You’ll have excellent Microsoft Packages experience - in particular Outlook, Word, Power Point, Excel
You’ll be technologically savvy in grasping our systems and how to use the information to drive commercial value and a great customer experience
Outstanding communication skills
Highly organised individual who works well with last minute amendments/changes
Works very well under pressure and to demanding deadlines/timescales
You will have experience of working within a similar role and have “on the job” business experience that has given you a great commercial grounding
The ideal person will work well with external and internal stakeholders and have a natural ability to anticipate needs while working at pace
You will thrive within a changeable environment and enjoy multi-tasking
Display high level of confidentiality, discretion and diplomacy at all times without exception

What you’ll get from us

The chance to work in a friendly, forward thinking company with investment as a priority.
Great benefits– including pension, and discounts on leisure membership, food and hotel stays
Live in accommodation may be available