Type: Full Time

Location: Flexible/Remote Location

 

What is Leaps^TM INNOVATION? A rapid, proven approach to innovation, idea generation and business challenges. Creating and validating effective strategies, campaigns and solutions within days. We take what usually needs 6 months and make it happen in a 3-5 day program. We accelerate innovation.

What is Leaps^TM PEOPLE? We help you create more fulfilled, energised and higher-performing people (and teams) by changing attitudes, building belief and transforming capabilities. Achieved through our accelerator programs in 5 dynamic days (with the option to cherry pick specific sessions to fit your needs). We accelerate potential.

Our collective MISSION is to unite, inspire and accelerate the best of all humanity.

What are we looking for? We don’t believe in job titles, we believe in job purpose; We are looking for someone to be the cornerstone of these sister companies and help propel our growth. If your super power is being organised and getting stuff done, and you resonate with our mission, then we need to talk. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing company with ethics, morals, and a blueprint for real human global impact.

 

You are:

• Exceptionally well organised and have a high attention to detail
• An experienced, dynamic, reliable and task orientated Executive Assistant/ProjectManager
• A practical challenge solver
• Self-motivated, professional and capable of managing your workload and prioritising tasks in a fast-paced start-up
• Humbly competent and open about your progress, and take responsibility for your mistakes and learning as we grow together
• Not intimidated by authority
• Happy to work directly with 2 business leaders (Leaps Innovation & Leaps People)
• You are friendly, open, honest and professional demeanour and have exceptional interpersonal skills
• You are a project management superstar who will watch over our clients success and help us realise our mission

You value:

• Honesty, and are open to providing and receiving honest feedback
• Belief that persistent follow up shows that you care
• Passion for delivering high quality results you can be proud of
• People. Relationships and mutual respect are important for you
• Long term commitment and opportunity to grow
• Freedom to work from anywhere, with the flexibility to align yourselves to getting things done, rather than clocking in

Your skills and experience:

• You have strong organisational, project management and problem-solving skills with impeccable multi-tasking abilities
• You use software tools daily to get things done faster and to communicate remotely with efficiency (e.g. Excel, Powerpoint, other online applications)
• You have advanced Microsoft Office skills and are happy to learn what we use (Active Campaigns, Kajabi, Slack, Gotowebinar, WebinarJam)
• You can perform in depth online research, and you always find what you are looking for
• You communicate in a straightforward and honest way that leaves little to be misunderstood
• You have 4+ years of professional experience, specifically as an Executive Assistant reporting directly to senior management
• You are a great collaborator and excellent at delegating duties where necessary

Responsibilities:

• You will coordinate executive communications on behalf of the 2 business leaders, including taking calls, responding to emails, managing diaries and interfacing with clients
  • You will take full responsibility for the logistics side of client programs for both businesses ranging from organising venues, printing, communicating with participants, ensuring technology works, preparing the room on the day and note taking. Will involve travel at a minimum around the UK, potentially further.
• You will create and prepare internal and external corporate documents for team members and partners
• You will schedule meetings and appointments, book travel and manage travel itineraries
• You will create efficient processes where you see there are none or where you believe having one will be an advantage
• You will arrange events to take place outside of the work place, both owned by us and attended by us
• You take pride in maintaining an organised filing system of electronic documents
• Manage specific projects such as new partner global on-boarding
• Uphold a strict level of confidentiality
• Develop and sustain a level of professionalism among staff and clientele

The role may include other responsibilities and projects, in a true startup, there are no roles, there is just finding the right person for the right project and having fun along the way. For example you may be asked to:

• Train and perform the role of Program Manager for Leaps programs around the world (travel required and key client facing and organisational skills)
• Create fast paced professional reports for the programs, often in real-time
• Manage key growth projects and lead fund-raising and key investment opportunities

What we stand for:

• We believe in creating meaningful impact for businesses and teams so they can add real value to this world.
• We believe that you need to seek to understand before being understood and that meaningful and trusting relationship comes before anything else
• We believe that true potential manifests itself through the pain of creativity, and that you need to be out of your comfort zone in order to grow.
• We believe in creating impact through tangible results.
• We believe that growth requires processes and systems built through experimentation.
• We believe that everybody wants to feel appreciated.
• We believe in challenging the accepted common wisdom.
• We value impact, meaningful relationships, family and love.

If this speaks to you, then:

Send us a personal video and let us know why you are such a great fit for our mission. If your message speaks to us, you’ll be invited for a Skype call. Please also send us a current resume and if you wish, your LinkedIn profile. We screen all applicants thoroughly, as we’re looking to build a lasting relationship. We’re a dynamic small company, we care deeply about creating meaningful impact, and a true project management superstar will propel us to grow this impact way beyond what we can do now. Interested? Please apply by sending your submission to louise@discoverleaps.com