Team Assistant | Executive Search
London | 2 days office / 3 days WFH | Full-time, permanent
A globally respected executive search firm is looking for a Team Assistant to join their high-profile, fast-paced practice covering Sports, Gaming, Media and Corporate Affairs- one of the firm's longest-standing and highest-performing teams.
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone early in their career to get a genuine foothold in executive search, working alongside Partners, Consultants, Researchers and EAs on some of the most high-profile mandates in the market. It's varied, external-facing and offers real scope to grow- many Team Assistants in this business progress into EA roles.
The role:
- Supporting EAs and the wider team with day-to-day coordination
- Assisting with pitch and marketing presentation prep
- Organising team and corporate events, away days and hospitality
- Managing hotel and travel bookings
- Handling calls, qualification checks, referencing, invoicing and CRM management
- Approx. one third of the role covering EA duties: inbox and diary management, candidate reports and proposals, and meeting coordination
About you:
- Excellent organisation and time management, comfortable juggling competing priorities
- A proactive, "completer-finisher" mindset - accurate, accountable, and always following through
- Confident with MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint; Excel a plus)
- Discreet, trustworthy and dependable
- Positive, energetic, and happy to go the extra mile
- Professional services, or search/recruitment experience is a plus but not essential
What's on offer:
- 25 days annual leave + Christmas closure and bank holidays
- Private medical insurance, group pension, life assurance and income protection
- Genuinely collaborative, sociable culture - sports clubs, book club, choir and more
- Real progression path within a top-performing global practice
- Hybrid working: 2–3 days in a central London office, rest remote