Personal Assistant to Director of AdPower (12 Month FTC)
Your Role: Personal Assistant to Director of AdPower (12 Month FTC)
A brilliant opportunity for a highly organised, proactive and detail-focused PA to support the Director of AdPower, with additional support to the wider team. This is a fast-paced role for someone who enjoys staying one step ahead, managing competing priorities and becoming a true extension of a busy senior leader.
As a Personal Assistant at Global, you will:
Key Responsibilities
- Director support (80%):
- Provide dedicated, proactive support to the Director of AdPower, acting as a true extension of them day to day
- Manage a complex and ever-changing diary, using judgement to prioritise meetings, resolve clashes and make best use of time
- Support with inbox management, flagging urgent actions and helping to keep priorities on track
- Ensure the Director is fully prepared for meetings, with agendas, papers, briefing notes and actions in place
- Arrange travel, accommodation, itineraries and other logistics as required
- Track follow-up actions and key deadlines, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
- Create and format presentations, documents and meeting materials to a high standard
- Build a strong understanding of AdPower, its priorities and stakeholders so you can anticipate needs and provide effective support
- Team support and coordination (20%):
- Provide administrative support to the wider AdPower team where needed
- Coordinate team meetings, room bookings, refreshments and virtual set-up
- Organise and support team events, offsites, socials and wider business activities
- Process expenses, purchase orders and invoices accurately and on time
- Help manage team deadlines and general day-to-day organisation
- Stakeholder management and ways of working (ongoing):
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders across the business
- Work closely with the wider PA/EA community
- Use initiative to spot issues early, solve problems and improve processes
- Look for ways to simplify administration and make the Director and team more effective
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: You’ll be supporting a growing product area and can make a real impact by improving how the Director and team work.
Own It: You’ll take ownership of priorities, helping to keep plans on track and ensuring nothing slips through the cracks.
Keep it Simple: You’ll bring structure, organisation and clarity to a busy and fast-moving area of the business.
Better Together: You’ll work closely with the Director of AdPower, the wider team and Global’s PA/EA community.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
- Built a strong relationship with the Director of AdPower and key stakeholders
- Developed a good understanding of the AdPower product and team priorities
- Established effective ways of managing diaries, deadlines and team admin
- Become a proactive and trusted support who can anticipate needs and add value day to day
What You’ll Need
- Organisation and prioritisation: You'll be highly organised, able to manage multiple demands, help prioritise workloads and stay calm under pressure.
- Proactivity and judgement: You'll anticipate needs, spot what matters most and take action with confidence.
- Relationship building: You'll be comfortable working with a range of stakeholders and quickly building trust.
- Attention to detail: You'll produce accurate, high-quality work across scheduling, documents, expenses and administration.
- Systems confidence: You'll have strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and be confident picking up new systems quickly.
- Confidentiality and discretion: You'll handle sensitive information professionally and with integrity.
- Communication skills: You'll communicate clearly and confidently, both in writing and verbally. You may be asked to create decks to support the Director.
Skills Required
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple demands, prioritise workloads, and remain calm under pressure
- Proactive, able to anticipate needs, identify priorities, and act confidently using sound judgement
- Ability to build trust and relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate, high-quality administrative work
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and confidence learning new systems
- Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality, discretion, and integrity
- Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to create presentations or decks for the Director
What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
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