Executive Assistant to MD

Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realise their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

What We Offer In Return:

• 30 days annual leave
• 4 volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Medical insurance for self and dependents; life cover and personal accident cover for self
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

Job Description

This role ensures the MD’s time is aligned with their priorities through a demonstrated understanding of the core business and leveraging expert prioritization strategies. Supporting the complex project management, the EA to the MD will pull together priorities, follow up on action points, and undertake and execute the project on a regular basis.

Key Accountabilities:

This role ensures the MD’s time is aligned to core business priorities by providing:

• Dynamic calendar management and meeting schedules across multiple time zones
• Gathering data and generating reports, presentations for meetings with staff and outside parties
• Organising travel, visas and accommodation for MD, Executive Leadership Team and other visitors
• Assistance and coordination with external stakeholders such as trade groups, institutional partners, government, and agency relations

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess:

• Exceptional communication & interpersonal skills to effectively interact with a wide range of partners
• Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of a range of software packages
• A proven track record of executive support over many years working across a global organisation
• Self-starting initiative; to anticipate the needs of executives and plan for them
• Ability to react with appropriate levels of urgency to situations and events that require quick response
• Ability to be discrete and work appropriately with confidential and sensitive information
• High level of resilience to deal with change and ambiguity

Additional Information

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our Delhi office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.​

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis 

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life. 

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor. 

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact tandfHRDelhi@informa.com. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers 

Should you have any queries please contact the recruitment team on tandfHRDelhi@informa.com 

To find out more and to apply please visit our careers site: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/InformaGroupPlc/taylor-and-francis

We would like to thank all applicants in advance and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.