Job Description
Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, defence, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
We are seeking a highly organised Executive Assistant to provide exceptional, one‑to‑one support to an Executive‑level Director. This role is pivotal in enabling the Director to operate efficiently, stay focused on strategic priorities, and maintain strong relationships across the organisation and with external partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Proactive management of the Director’s diary, travel, meetings, and daily workflow
- Preparing high‑quality correspondence, presentations, reports, and briefing materials
- Acting as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders on behalf of the Director
- Coordinating priorities, tracking actions, and ensuring deadlines are met
- Supporting planning and delivery of key leadership meetings, projects, and initiatives
Qualifications
- Proven experience supporting a senior leader, ideally at Executive or Director level
- Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities under time pressure
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and judgement when handling confidential information
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and experience preparing executive‑level documents
- A good communicator and multi-tasker. The role will involve working with the Executive and helping keep momentum and execute strategy with the leadership team. This will involve coordination to close out actions and ensure deadlines are met
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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