Executive Assistant

**Primary Details** Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

Executive Assistant Permanent London / Hybrid Role Highlights

• This is a London based role with hybrid working.
• This role offers the opportunity to partner closely with senior leaders in a global organisation, providing trusted, high ‑ impact executive support in a fast ‑ paced and international environment.

About QBE At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role.  QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion. The Opportunity We are delighted to be recruiting an Executive Assistant supporting the C hief Marketing & Comm unications Officer and Chief Transformation Officer within our International Division .

This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible Executive Assistant role, supporting senior leaders with a n I nternational remit at the heart of QBE. Working in a fast ‑ paced environment, you’llplay a key role in enabling effective decision‑making, strong collaboration and seamless day‑to‑day team operations.

You’ll be trusted to use your judgement, anticipate needs and bring structure to complexity, while building relationships across time zones and Global QBE teams. The role offers variety, influence and the chance to grow your impact as a true partner to senior leadership, supported by flexible and inclusive ways of working.

Your new role

• Partner with senior leaders to provide proactive, high-quality executive support, helping them focus on strategic priorities and outcomes in a complex, global environment.
• Manage busy and frequently changing diaries across multiple time-zones, thoughtfully prioritising commitments and resolving clashes with care and clarity.
• Act as a trusted first point of contact for a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, handling interactions with professionalism, discretion and confidence.
• Triage inboxes and manage approvals on behalf of the Executive, ensuring requests are progressed promptly, in line with QBE policies, and escalating issues where needed.
• Support Senior Leaders in managing and responding to administrative approval requests, ensuring alignment with internal policies.
• Coordinate end‑to‑end travel arrangements, creating well‑planned itineraries that balance business needs, preparation time and wellbeing.
• Prepare clear, high‑quality meeting materials, including agendas, briefing packs and correspondence, ensuring Executives are well-informed and supported.
• Provide administrative and ad-hoc project support, including research, data collection and basic analysis, particularly for leadership meetings, offsites and briefings.
• Organise executive meetings, team events and offsites, managing logistics, stakeholders and follow‑up actions to a consistently high standard.
• Play a critical part in planning, organizing, and executing key company events and corporate hospitality, that strengthen customer, team and colleague engagement.
• Monitor relevant financial or operational information, such as monthly cost centre reporting, and flag potential issues in a timely and constructive way.
• Manage department invoices, expenses and approvals, working closely with Procurement, Finance and wider business stakeholders to ensure compliance with internal processes.
• Build collaborative relationships with other Executive Assistants and support teams, providing cover or guidance when required and contributing to a supportive EA community.

About You

• Experience supporting c-suite executives in a dynamic environment, within a global organisation.
• Proven experience working across multiple time zones and confidence coordinating diaries, meetings and priorities internationally.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, enabling the management of competing demands and changing priorities eff…