Executive Assistant
Local Work Rights Required
This employer does not provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the job location.
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Role Summary
Join Checkatrade as an Executive Assistant to the CEO, overseeing daily operations and managing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
About the Organisation
We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.
We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.
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- Owning the CEO's diary end-to-end: prioritising what matters, protecting focus time, and making sure every meeting has a clear purpose and the right people in the room.
- Coordinating board and leadership meetings: pulling together papers, chasing actions, and making sure nothing falls through the cracks between sessions.
- Managing complex travel and itineraries, sorting the logistics so the CEO can turn up ready, without the faff.
- Acting as a trusted first point of contact for the CEO: handling sensitive and confidential information with discretion, and representing them well with senior stakeholders, investors and the exec team.
- Keeping the wider leadership team's rhythm on track: coordinating offsites, leadership meetings and cross-team moments that keep everyone aligned.
- Spotting where things could run better and just fixing them: you'll have real ownership over how the CEO's office operates day to day.
- Experience supporting a CEO, founder or senior executive in a fast-moving business, ideally at C-suite level.
- A sharp eye for detail and the judgement to know what's urgent, what's important, and what can wait.
- Total discretion with confidential and sensitive information: people trust you with the details that matter.
- A calm, organised approach under pressure, with the confidence to manage upwards and push back when needed.
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Eligibility Criteria
This position is not open to applicants requiring visa sponsorship.
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