Designed to provide a unique opportunity to accelerate your career, this role offers exposure to strategic decision-making processes at the executive level while contributing to key business areas. Working directly with the Chief Executive on all aspects of the company’s management, including finance, human resources, sales, marketing and strategy. You will act as an assistant to the Chief Executive, but also be able to understand the issues they are dealing with and be able to take the initiative and work autonomously when appropriate.
The company operates in one of the fastest growing, most exciting and most important industries in the world. You will have the opportunity to see close-up the decisions made at the top level of the company. In addition, you will have the opportunity to attend relevant formal training courses.
Responsibilities and duties
- Executive Support: Assist the Chief Executive in all aspects of the company’s management and gaining insight into high level business strategy
- Meeting Facilitation: Attend meetings, Take detailed minutes of meetings and record the key decisions taken and actions to be performed
- Cross-Functional Exposure: Perform administrative and operational tasks in finance, human resources, sales and marketing. Developing understanding of how these operations come together to support business success.
- CEO Deputisation: where appropriate, building leadership skills and gaining confidence in handling executive-level responsibilities.
Qualifications and Skills
Essential
- MBA or Masters in a business-related field with a focus on business management, strategy, or operations, combined with an undergraduate degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field., 2:1 minimum.
- Exceptional Written and oral communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to integrate technical knowledge into business decision-making processes.
- Detail-oriented, with exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Understanding of or interest in Agile methodologies, DevOps, and software automation tools.
- Proactive and self-motivated, with a passion to learn new skills and procedures.
Nice to have
- Experience of Atlassian software including familiarity with Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket
- Knowledge of accounting and finance
- Keen interest in the Technology sector
Why us
Salary and Benefits: £35,000 - £45,000 Per Annum depending on experience
We know that at Automation Consultants, our team members are the best in the industry, so we do everything we can to take care of them. We offer ongoing training and professional development, tailored to the individual’s ambitions, as well as creating a team whose members learn from one another. We offer challenging projects within a supportive environment and believe that your skills should always be growing.
Benefits include
- 33 Days Holiday (including public holidays)
- Dedicated ongoing training plan and budget
- Flexible working hours and environment
- Access to the Electric Car Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Pension Scheme
- High spec. machine and access to virtual test lab
- Onsite gym, showers, yoga lessons and more.
- Regular company-wide events, team social events, including Hackathons and competitions.
About us
Automation Consultants is a leading Agile and DevOps consultancy, dedicated to improving business performance through digital transformation and software automation, as well as selling our own software under our AppFox brand. We are specialists in Atlassian and AWS, delivering industry recognised automation solutions, software development and technical support. Our customers range from start-ups to global organisations.
