Job Description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people's lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world's most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.


We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.



Please visit our website:

www.turnerandtownsend.com

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Assistant/Personal Assistant to join our London office, providing all round support to our Global Business Services team.


Duties will include:

Support to the Global Head of Business Services, Integration Director and Chief Marketing Officer Managing complex travel, complex diary management and confidential correspondence Email management, including email drafting and responding on behalf of the Integration Director and the Global Head of Business Services Preparing summary reports for meetings on PowerPoint Engagement with internal and external stakeholders across multiple time zones to arrange meetings International Travel bookings and Visas Team events such as socials, strategy days, including coordination, venue bookings and ensuring all logistics are covered. Support with Board pack collation, using PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat throughout Manage complex administration requests from internal/ external stakeholders Line management and delegation of administrative tasks to Team Administrator Board/Senior meeting management, inclusive of minute taking Oversee logistical support of large-scale international meetings, including coordinating dates, organizing meeting space, booking hotel room blocks, and arranging dinners Organising confidential documents on DocuSign Keeping up to date with confidential filing - ensuring documents can be easily found Liaising with suppliers to arrange purchase orders Approving purchase orders on behalf of the cost centre leaders Handling sensitive HR documents Being point of contact for Partnership matters, including supporting the yearly process of intake and retirements Tracking and coordinating expenditure approvals and ensuring SOx compliance Filing expenses

Qualifications

Qualifications

Proven experience of providing support at Board level Excellent written and verbal communication skills Proficient in Microsoft Office and experienced in providing support to others Experience of minute taking Excellent organisation skills and ability to prioritise Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines Experience of dealing with confidential material

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/



SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.



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