THE OPPORTUNITY:

Are you a seasoned Personal Assistant seeking your next challenge in Edinburgh?
Join our Radar and Advanced Targeting division—an industry leader in cutting-edge radar, laser, and infrared countermeasure technologies, proudly based in Edinburgh.
We’re looking for a proactive and highly organised PA to join our established team, providing dedicated support to the Edinburgh-based Leadership Team. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy being at the heart of operations, we’d love to hear from you.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

As a prerequisite you will have experience of operating in a PA role supporting a leadership team and be passionate about your role

• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent customer service skills are essential with proven experience of delivering a high quality customer focused service.
• Ability to organise time effectively and to manage workload to achieve deadlines is central to the role, as is accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective and flexible communication skills with the ability to adapt to requirements and audience.
• Proficient in the use of IT software, e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Able to demonstrate a range of administrative and organisational skills.
• Able to identify and solve routine problems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Resilient, forward thinking and challenging approach.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
• Providing support to the wider PA team when required.

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT:

Provision of direct assistance to the Operations VP including:

• Monitoring and managing the VP’s mailbox, processing incoming and outgoing mail to ensure that items are appropriately categorised, allocated and actioned.
• Actively managing the VP’s calendar, making decisions on meeting requests and organising relevant briefing packs/papers.
• Coordination of any material for Operations meetings and organising any travel requirements.
• Management of business expenses.
• Acting as first point of contact when dealing with Operations correspondence and phone calls.
• Managing databases and electronic filing systems.
• Maintain and update the Operations Department intranet pages.

As a prerequisite you will have experience of operating in a PA role supporting a leadership team and be passionate about your role

• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent customer service skills are essential with proven experience of delivering a high quality customer focused service.
• Ability to organise time effectively and to manage workload to achieve deadlines is central to the role, as is accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective and flexible communication skills with the ability to adapt to requirements and audience.
• Proficient in the use of IT software, e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Able to demonstrate a range of administrative and organisational skills.
• Able to identify and solve routine problems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Resilient, forward thinking and challenging approach.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
• Providing support to the wider PA team when required