Executive Assistant

Contract: Perm & Full Time

Shift Pattern: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Location: London, Sedley Place

Closing Date: Sunday 8th June 2025

About the role

The Executive Assistant will provide comprehensive EA and organisational support to SVP, International General Counsel. Through the use of exceptional planning, prioritisation, confidentiality and influencing skills.

Key responsibilities

• Acting as first point of contact on behalf of the senior executive for the leaders across the group interfacing at a local divisional and Global level
• To make meeting, travel and accommodation arrangements, delivering the most effective and efficient solution for the senior executive
• Provide support to produce documents, reports and presentations for important meetings
• Support the preparation, review and management of legal documents when required
• Actively prioritise work and advise the senior executive highest priority issues, and proactively organise time around what is most critical to the business
• Be prepared to deal with sensitive information and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality
• To create and maintain an effective personnel filing system suitable for the level of sensitivity involved
• Work closely with the Legal team members and Divisional EA population to build relationships in order to deliver high-quality support
• Work as a team with other Executive Assistants to ensure cover for holidays and absence
• To respond to queries from other parts of the business and external organisations, liaising with colleagues at all levels

What you'll need to have

• Experience as an Executive Assistant in a legal environment assisting the GCs or in a law firm
• Degree in a legal field (e.g paralegal studies or law)
• Experience handling confidential legal documents
• High levels of flexibility and adaptability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional organisational and diary management skills
• The ability to multitask and prioritise an everchanging workload
• The ability to work under pressure and reach deadlines
• The ability to build relationships at all levels across the business and with external contacts
• Experience using the full Microsoft Office suite, particularly word, excel & PowerPoint

Our benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Generous employee discounts
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Holiday entitlement increases with length of service
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that your Recruitment Partner will discuss with you. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by WBA and may not be accurate.

Who we are

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader, with more than 12,500 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin America through our portfolio of consumer brands: Walgreens, Boots, Duane Reade, No7 Beauty Company and Benavides. We are reimagining local healthcare and wellbeing as part of our purpose – to create more joyful lives through better health.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, with a workplace environment that supports the health and wellbeing of our team members so that everyone feels supported, respected and celebrated for being their authentic selves.

What's next

If your application is successful, a member of the recruitment team will be in contact.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

We are a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.