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This is a pivotal role that sits at the heart of the business, acting as a trusted partner to senior leaders and ensuring they can focus on strategic priorities and delivering against key business objectives. You'll be the go-to person for coordinating complex schedules, managing communications, preparing briefings and supporting business initiatives.\nWorking with highly confidential information, you'll build strong relationships across the organisation, anticipate needs before they arise and provide exceptional support in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. What You'll Be Doing Managing complex and constantly evolving diaries, ensuring leaders' time is prioritised effectively and aligned to strategic objectives. Acting as a gatekeeper, handling requests, communications and stakeholder access with good judgement and discretion.\nPreparing meeting briefings, agendas, papers and minutes, ensuring actions are tracked and delivered. 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