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About the Role
This position combines high-level administrative support with an important role in the administration, organisation and delivery of our community programme in EMEA. This is a unique opportunity to combine executive-level support with values-driven community engagement.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive personal assistant support to the Head of Corporate Communications, Regional Lead – EMEA & APAC, including diary management, travel arrangements, and expense management.
- Deliver additional administrative support to the Head of External Communications, EMEA and APAC.
- Manage general team administration and business operations, including organizing team meetings and agendas, coordinating finance and budget planning, managing processes and handling invoices and procurement needs.
- Support the broader communications team as necessary, including on organising events and managing sign off processes.
- Oversee administration for community relations activities and the Columbia Threadneedle Foundation, including governance for meetings (agenda preparation, minute-taking), audit support, and managing sign-off processes for MOUs with charity partners.
- Responsible for charity payments, bank account management, and on desk account reconciliations.
- Act as the coordinator for volunteering events across EMEA, collaborating with internal teams to deliver meaningful opportunities for over 250 employees.
- Lead community relations initiatives within our EMEA offices, such as annual giving campaigns, day of service, and other engagement activities.
Requirements
- Track record of administration and support for a leadership role
- Demonstrable experience of team business support, including budget tracking and invoice processing
- Experience working in a financial services or professional services organisation
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Analytical skills and financial affinity
- The ability to create relationships and work with different teams both internally and externally
- Knowledge of Excel and Word (MS Office in general)
Skills
- Excel
- Word
- MS Office
- Organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Managing multiple priorities
- Analytical skills
- Relationship building
- Event organisation
- PowerPoint skills
Location
- EMEA
Work Type
- In-Office Collaboration (at least four days per week)
- Full-time
- Fixed Term
Experience Level
- Leadership role support experience
- Team business support experience
- Financial services or professional services experience
- Charitable activities or corporate community relations programmes experience
- Event organisation experience
- Corporate philanthropy experience
About the Company
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments is intentionally built to help employees succeed, with a global team of 2,300 people and over 550 investment professionals.
- The company offers diverse capabilities, global perspectives across asset classes and markets, and the ability to create bespoke solutions for clients.
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments is part of Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities.
- Columbia Threadneedle is a people business, recognizing that success is due to talented individuals who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities.
- The company is committed to fostering an inclusive and performance-based culture where everyone can belong, grow, contribute and realize their potential.
- Flexible working requirements can be discussed with the recruiter.
Equal Opportunity
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments is an equal opportunity employer.
- We consider all qualified applicants without regard to racial or ethnic background, religion or belief, sex or gender, nationality, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, pregnancy or maternity or any other basis prohibited by law.
- We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation to aid your participation in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.