PA to Director of Corporate Affairs

Job description

Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as the PA to the Director of Corporate Affairs means becoming an integral part of a dynamic and high-profile team where your skills and expertise will be valued and utilised to their fullest potential. You will play a crucial role in providing essential administrative support to key leaders, contributing to the smooth running of operations and helping to shape the strategic direction of the company. With opportunities for growth, a supportive work environment, and a commitment to excellence, joining our team offers a rewarding and fulfilling career experience where your contributions truly make a difference.

 

What you'll do
As the PA to Director of Corporate Affairs at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in providing professional and high-quality administrative support to the Director and their team. Your responsibilities will include managing the Director's diary, coordinating meetings, handling correspondence, preparing documents and presentations, organising travel arrangements, and overseeing division-level activities. With your significant experience as a Personal Assistant at an Executive level, you will demonstrate excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work with discretion and diplomacy on confidential matters, ensuring the smooth running of the Corporate Affairs function with efficiency and professionalism.

 

Who you are
As a seasoned Personal Assistant with extensive experience supporting executives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You possess exceptional communication skills, tact, and the discretion necessary to handle confidential matters with professionalism and integrity. Your proactive approach, strong organisational abilities, and meticulous attention to detail enable you to efficiently manage complex diaries, coordinate meetings, and provide high-quality administrative support to senior leadership. Proficient in MS Office suite programmes and adept at building relationships at all levels, you demonstrate initiative, flexibility, and a positive attitude in delivering top-notch assistance to ensure the smooth operation of the Director of Corporate Affairs' office.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
 
 Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.  
 
 Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
 
 Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. 
 
 Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).