As PA to the Managing Director, this role will be the vital link ensuring the MD’s time is optimised and business runs smoothly. Acting as a trusted gatekeeper, this role will manage a complex and changing diary, prioritise meetings, screen communications, and handle sensitive matters with utmost discretion. The successful candidate will attend all MD meetings, prepare and circulate high-quality minutes and action points promptly to relevant stakeholders and proactively follow up to ensure updates are gathered, actions are completed and nothing is missed. This is a senior-level support role — not one of strategy — but essential to enabling the MD and business to operate efficiently. This role will also provide occasional secretarial support to the Board and wider business, always delivering outstanding service with professionalism and integrity. Key Responsibilities for the Personal Assistant to the MD: Manage the MD’s changing diary and schedule, coordinating internal and external meetings, travel, and appointments, while protecting the MD’s time and providing daily reminders to ensure all arrangements run smoothly to high standards Meet, greet, and host MD visitors and guests, delivering a professional and welcoming experience Coordinate all aspects of MD meetings, including scheduling, preparing and distributing agendas, reports, and supporting documents in advance to relevant stakeholders. Attend all meetings to produce accurate, insightful, and actionable minutes, using appropriate business and industry terminology. Circulate minutes and action points promptly post-meeting and proactively follow up to ensure timely updates and completion of actions Organise all MD travel, accommodation, events, and restaurant bookings and manage associated expenses, receipts, and cash floats accurately and responsibly Provide secretarial and administrative support, including managing correspondence, calls, reports, files, visitor coordination and maintaining business profiles such as LinkedIn Develop a deep understanding of the MD’s role, priorities, routines, and key relationships to deliver tailored and proactive support. This may include minimal, ad hoc personal support as required Handle highly confidential documents and information with absolute integrity and discretion Maintain accurate, up-to-date records and documents, ensuring efficient access and document control Support the Board and wider business with ad hoc secretarial, administrative, and project-related tasks, including research and preparation of supporting information Be flexible to undertake occasional UK and European travel, including overnight stays, to support awards, exhibitions, and conferences Key skills for the Personal Assistant to the MD role: Proven experience as a senior-level Personal Assistant, ideally supporting an MD or owner-operator in a commercial, fast-moving environment Highly organised with excellent diary and time management skills, adept at handling changing schedules Trustworthy, diligent and discreet, with a methodical approach and highest levels of integrity Commercially aware, with the ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and adapt to changes Energetic, positive and committed to delivering consistently high service standards Excellent IT proficiency, including up-to-date MS Office expertise and fast, accurate typing and notetaking skills Proactive and reliable, with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to anticipate needs Calm, patient, and resilient under pressure with excellent interpersonal skills and a professional, approachable communication style Detail-focused, producing clear, actionable meeting notes and documentation, recognising these as vital to business effectiveness, not a menial task Full driving licence and non-smoker preferred Hours: 9:30 am – 6:00 pm 40 hours per week Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 Company Bonus Brampton Recruitment is an independent Commercial and Accounts & Finance recruitment agency working in partnership with employers spanning Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and the Greater Manchester region.