Pa to The Esg Director

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

**Role title**:
**PA to the Director of ESG**

**Line Manager**

**ESG Director**

**Function**:
**ESG Team, General Counsel**

**Location**:
**Flexible**

**Role purpose**

The ESG team supports and facilitates the development of a robust ESG strategy, as well as ensuring that our sustainability activities go beyond just compliance.

We want to deliver an industry leading ESG programme as well as raise the awareness of all Colt employees. As a global leader in network and voice services, we are taking ownership of reducing our environmental impact as well as strengthening our social and governance responsibilities. We are committed to helping our customers, suppliers and strategic partners achieve this also.

The PA is responsible for providing first class executive support to the ESG Director and the ESG Team Managers. This role requires excellent organisational skills along with a pro-active and professional approach. Establishing and maintaining stakeholder relationships across the business and global teams is essential for this role alongside strong communication skills, attention to detail, diplomacy, confidentiality and sound judgement.

**Key accountabilities**
- Manages the extremely active diaries of the leaders, maximising the use of their time and exercising discretion at all times
- Plans, coordinates and ensures the leader’s schedule is followed and respected, acting as a gatekeeper as needed
- Assists in coordinating the agenda and logistics of team meetings. co-ordinates and attends meetings, taking actions and notes where required, following up on action plans
- Supports with the planning of events as needed to support the leader, including team building sessions and external team-led events
- Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the senior leaders, including completing expense reports, managing approvals, and producing business presentations to a high standard using appropriate templates
- Manages purchase orders and invoices, including SoWs for contractors
- Arranges detailed travel plans, itineraries, agendas and compiling documents for meetings
- Provides assistance and support to the wider teams on onboarding of new starters and offboarding of leavers
- Prioritises conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
- Maintains discretion and confidentiality at all times

**Role specific requirements**

**Skills & Experience**
- Strong organisational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritise multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including employees and external contacts in a variety of countries with extreme sensitivity to cultural nuances
- Ability to work with individuals of different nationalities, backgrounds and levels within the organisation
- Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability
- Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently
- Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, operate under pressure and demonstrate the highest level of customer service and response
- Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast paced and ever changing environment where there is often uncertainty demonstrating flexibility to work after hours if required
- Forward looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions
- Experienced in supporting senior leaders in a fast paced multinational organisation
- Knowledge of how an ESG/Sustainability function operates is a plus
- Proficient in English (other languages are a plus)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point)

**What we offer**:
Colt is a growing business that is investing in its people. We offer skill development, learning pathways and accreditation to help our people perform at their best, regardless of role and location. The company supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace and has signed Diversity Charter.

In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are offered to staff. Colt recognises the importance of a work life balance.

Some benefit examples are:

- Relaxed dress code
- Two days annually to spend on volunteering opportunities
- 39 hours working week and additional days off as per Colt own collective bargaining agreement
- Benefit package that includes life insurance, private health insurance and pension plan. In addition fle