Executive Assistant - Directors​/Fast Growth

Role at a Glance

Executive Assistant to Directors
Bournemouth - Office based
£35,000 - £40,000 DOE + Great Benefits
Full Time
- Permanent | 40 Hours Per Week

Executive Assistant. Senior PA. Director Support. Diary & Inbox Management. Project Ownership. Meeting & Event Management. Personal Assistance. Senior Stakeholder Support.

Minimum 3 Years in a Similar EA or Senior PA Role

• You'll be an experienced EA who makes themselves invaluable - not by doing what you're told, but by knowing what needs doing before you're asked. You'll take charge, make things happen, and be trusted with real judgement calls.
• You'll directly support the Directors of the business and other key senior team members
• Roughly 80% of your time will be spent on EA duties - proactive gatekeeping, project ownership, meeting management, and reducing the Directors' workload
• The remaining c.20% will be dedicated personal support to a Director - practical life admin and logistics, for example house-hunting, personal appointments, or other time-consuming personal tasks that take a Director away from running the business
• You will have a diverse range of tasks from meeting preparation and reports, to event management, to personal life admin
• Based at our Bournemouth offices near Bournemouth airport
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar EA or senior PA role
• Excellent rewards for the right person

Not Just Travelis a multi-award-winning, fast-growing travel company which has helped hundreds of new entrepreneurs start their own travel businesses. We're expanding rapidly and looking to grow the very best team ahead of the next peak period in travel.

You'll find nothing but amazing reviews on Trustpilot and we've won more awards than any of us can count.

We are based in Bournemouth, but we have team members home-based across the UK.

• You want to grow, develop, and have the opportunity to shine
• Great career prospects to move into many different roles within the business
• Genuine variety and the opportunity to have real impact — on the business, and on the person you support
• We are one of the fastest-growing travel companies (need we say more!)
• Home Working Agency of The Year 5 years running
• Top 5 of all homeworking companies in the UK (travel)
• Top 10 franchise in the UK
• We are expecting the next 2–3 years in travel to be the biggest ever in terms of growth
• Featured continually in trade press and national press

You should have a genuine passion for being an Executive Assistant that shines through in everything you do - plus an excitement for working within travel and helping others. Results and attention to detail should be second nature, and you'll have the knack of second-guessing what the senior team needs before they've asked.

You'll be calm under pressure, discreet with sensitive information (business and personal), love fast pace and change - and you'll genuinely enjoy being trusted with things that matter, both inside and outside the office.

• You've measurably reduced the workload of key senior team members
• You've made meetings more efficient and effective
• You've removed bottlenecks in communication and work
• You've taken real, time-consuming personal tasks off a Director's plate and seen them through properly
• The senior team trust you with judgement calls, not just tasks

• Complex diary and inbox management for multiple senior people, with the judgement to prioritise, filter, and act on their behalf within agreed limits
• Acting as a first point of contact and gatekeeper — protecting Directors' time and attention
• Attending key meetings, taking minutes, and making things happen after meetings — chasing actions, not just recording them
• Preparing presentations, reports, and board/investor-ready materials
• Project managing initiatives end-to-end to reduce senior team workload
• Event organisation, from internal team events to external/trade events
• Research and analysis to support decisions
• Supporting…