About the Role
Base Location: Reading - this is a hybrid role working a minimum of two days a week from the office at the advertised location.
Salary: £26,609 - £30,472 dependent on skills and experience + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available
What is the Role?
As the Administration Assistant you will closely support the Executive Assistant to the Managing Director of Energy Customer Solutions. Working within the Personal Assistant team you will provide functions and support to ensure effective and efficient running of the ECS business operations made up of Airtricity in ROI and NI and SSE Energy Solutions in GB. This is an exciting role where no two days are the same. Your responsibilities will include:
- Assist with the preparation of Board Papers, Powerpoint presentations, weekly reporting, and collating information from stakeholders.
- Complete diary and email management, including travel booking.
- Assist with the organisation and booking for internal and external meetings.
- Preparation of internal and external communications on behalf of the Leadership team, where required liaising with internal and external communication teams.
- Administrative support and assistance with additional duties such as, managing holiday, absence, recruitment, training and compliance records.
What do I need?
To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:
- Previous experience in a similar role.
- Strong IT skills and knowledge of Office 365 suite - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint and Teams.
- Great organisation skills including the ability to prioritise and manage complex schedules.
- Interpersonal and listening skills to understand the needs of others.
- Excellent organisation, presentation and writing skills with experience of producing reports, meeting packs etc.
About our Business
SSE is a multinational energy company listed on the FTSE 100, with a vision "to be a leading energy company in a net zero world". We're investing in £24bn+ by the end of the decade to help deliver our Net Zero Acceleration Programme. Part of SSE Plc, Energy Customer Solutions is the Customer facing division - providing energy and low carbon solutions to over 1.3million customers. We have a strong market position with great customer relationships and expert customer teams working in Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Perth, and Reading.
In Great Britain we operate under the brand SSE Energy Solutions providing energy and related energy solutions (EV, Solar, Smart, Heating & Cooling etc) to businesses of all sizes and public sector organisations across Great Britain. In Ireland - we operate under the brand SSE Airtricity providing energy and related energy solutions (Solar, EV etc) to homes, businesses including public sector organisations across the island of Ireland.
We have ambitious targets to help our customers on their journey to Net Zero by increasing the accessibility of green energy solutions through the provision of customer-driven propositions and we're a partner to customers and stakeholders as they seek ways to respond to the climate crisis.
What's in it for you?
An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement (including public holidays), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.
As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.
Next Steps
All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.
If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Lynsey on 01738 340426.
Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.
