British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

Governance Team Assistant

British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Organising committee and advisory group meetings and maintaining member contact lists (c. 200 individuals from the industry are involved)
  • Compiling and preparing all committee paperwork by co-ordinating with BVCA team members involved
  • Taking minutes at meetings and following up on action points with BVCA and committee members
  • Assisting in the organisation of any committee related events
  • Answering telephone calls and managing the committees email account and inbox
  • Updating the committees and advisory groups pages on the BVCA’s website, and keeping committee lists updated on the CRM system (no prior experience required as training will be given)
  • General administrative, clerical and research support
  • Ad-hoc support to the events team and office management team as necessary

Requirements

  • Excellent academic credentials
  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills with a keen attention to detail
  • Interest in Corporate Governance and the its role within an organisation
  • Proficiency in the use of MS Office including Outlook, Word, Powerpoint and Excel
  • Previous experience of Minute taking would be a big advantage
  • Previous experience in governance/company secretarial support preferred
  • Professional manner with the ability to deal with stakeholders of all levels of seniority
Benefits
  • **Why come work for the BVCA? **
  • - Be part of the leading trade body for the private capital industry in the UK, supporting the growth of the industry and deepening the understanding of external stakeholders to the benefit of the industry
  • - Experience a friendly, engaged, and passionate work environment (with regular social activities) with a supportive culture
  • - A competitive salary, reflecting the technical requirements and seniority of the role, and a performance-related discretionary bonus
  • - Enjoy important benefits: 25 days holiday in addition to Bank Holidays; a 10% non-contributory pension; non-contractual day off for your birthday
  • - Life and medical benefits: life assurance (4 times salary); private medical Insurance for you*; health cash plan*; critical Illness and income protection insurance*; employee Assistance Programme – includes Mental Health support, Virtual GP, Nutrition advice and Financial wellbeing
  • - Other benefits: interest free season ticket loan; corporate discounts; reimbursement of up to 2 relevant professional institutes; generous support for professional and personal development, Cycle to Work Scheme

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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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