Personal Assistant

Role Summary

• Responsibilities: Providing administrative and organisational support to several members of our senior management and leadership team, offering the best possible service to reduce their administrative burden
• Requirements: No prior experience is required for this role. Instead, we are looking for candidates who possess a range of soft skills like attention to detail, strong communication, organisational skills, customer service, and more
• Salary: $2,500 to $3,500 per month, depending on your previous experience
• Benefits: Hybrid working options, generous holiday allowance, flexible working hours, private medical insurance, comprehensive travel insurance, full funding for external training, comprehensive travel insurance and more
• Role Type: Full-time, permanent
• Start Date: We are currently recruiting for start dates in 2024
• Location: Please note that this role is available in our Singapore office

About the Role

This is an exciting time to join the Costello Medical team as we are growing rapidly both in Singapore and internationally. This growth has been driven by our commitment to delivering exceptional levels of customer service and high-quality work. We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic individual to provide support to our senior management team in our Singapore office. You will take on significant responsibility for their administration to ensure the continued success of the running of the Singapore office, and you will also play an instrumental role in coordinating a variety of exciting projects.

As a Personal Assistant at Costello Medical, you will support several members of our leadership team. You would also be responsible for acting as the first point of contact for internal and external queries and requests. As well as supporting senior colleagues with diary management, collating agendas, attending meetings and taking minutes, you will also be responsible for:

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the diaries of those you support, including scheduling and rearranging meetings, adding important events and project deadlines, arranging meeting rooms, and more
• Minute taking in meetings and assisting in following up on agreed actions afterwards, to support project delivery
• Scheduling events, including researching costs and providing budgets, liaising with venues, and booking facilities
• Assisting with the organisation of both domestic and international travel, as well as preparing itineraries for those you support
• Drafting, and reviewing the accuracy of, documents and presentations
• Contributing to the wider aims of the company, wherever possible
• Copying scientific details between different document types
• Answering telephones and taking messages
• Making purchases and processing expenses
• Proactively identifying additional ways in which the administrative burden on those you support can be lessened
• Responding to personal administrative tasks
• Other ad-hoc tasks in support of the rest of the Operations division and the wider Singapore office, including scheduling and arranging of interviews

A Day in the Life of a Personal Assistant

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Career Profile

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About You

At Costello Medical, our approach to recruitment focuses on entry-level recruitment and developing talent from within. Our Personal Assistant role is no exception, and we welcome applications from candidates with no prior experience who are looking to make the first step in their career. You will work closely with the wider Personal Assistant team based across the UK and around the globe, receiving continuous on-the-job training, mentorship, and guidance throughout your career. This comprehensive internal training will enable you to quickly take on increasing responsibility in support of your senior colleagues. There will also be fully funded external training opportunities available as you continue to build your career as a Personal Assistant.

You will be hard-working, motivated, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Most importantly, you will enjoy making a positive difference to the working lives of the managers you support, which will include striving to reduce their administrative burden.

Essential requirements for the role are:

• An excellent level of written accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to critically review your own work in terms of presentation, style, and content
• Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to apply these in the way you plan your work and approach tasks. This includes planning your own time effectively to ensure deadlines are met
• The ability and desire to understand project objectives, appreciating how individual tasks feed into the bigger picture of the project
• An aptitude for delivering outstanding customer service and the ability to tailor your communication style (such as tone and frequency of interaction) to suit various audiences and situations, while considering the needs of others, both internally and externally
• The ability to present concerns or feedback in an honest yet constructive way
• Skilled in relationship building, displayed both internally and externally
• An excellent level of productivity, whilst effectively utilising time and resource available
• A high degree of tact, discretion and professionalism when dealing with confidential information
• Excellent proficiency in written English and arithmetic
• Fluency in Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

About Costello Medical

Costello Medical is a rapidly growing global healthcare agency specialising in medical communications, market access and health economic and outcomes research. We work with a wide range of clients, including the industry’s most successful pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, patient and public health bodies and charitable organisations. Our mission is to be a community of the very best people, building trusted partnerships across the healthcare sector by delivering an exceptional service. Our vision is to be a leading global partner consistently striving for meaningful and outstanding contributions that improve people’s health and lives.

We are committed to our company values which are central to creating our fun, friendly and innovative workplace in which we strive to deliver the highest standards of quality. As a result, we have been listed in The Top 100 Companies to Work For list for over six consecutive years.

On 27th May 2022 Costello Medical received its certification as a B Corporation. We are really proud of this achievement as it demonstrates that Costello Medical is meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance. We underwent a rigorous assessment that covered the whole of our business including employee benefits, charitable giving and sustainability. We believe this certification is external validation of our mission to be a force for good.

The Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process includes an assessment for you to complete in your own time, followed by a telephone interview with a member of the Talent Acquisition team. If successful, you will be invited to an interview with senior members of the Singapore office. Our standard recruitment process lasts around 2 to 4 weeks, however this can be adapted if necessary.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and, throughout the recruitment process, there are a number of reasonable adjustments we can provide. Please click here to read more about this and contact the People Team via [email protected] should you require reasonable adjustments at any stage.

We are currently recruiting for a start date in 2024 and you will be asked to state your availability on your application form. We can also consider applications from those seeking a deferred start date in 2024. Whilst there are no set application deadlines, we would strongly recommend applying as early as possible so that we can begin processing your application, as the role will close when a suitable candidate is found.

Please note that this role is available in our Singapore office. You can learn more about our office locations here: www.costellomedical.com/careers/locations

What We Offer

• A starting salary of S$2,500 to S$3,500 per month, depending on your previous experience. Salary increases are typically awarded after 12 months and will then be reviewed on a yearly basis
• 18 days’ annual leave plus public holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits scheme offering additional holiday, cash payments and wellbeing benefits
• Paid study leave and funding for external qualifications
• Comprehensive travel insurance
• Flexible working hours
• Regular company-funded social activities

Please click here to learn about our reward package and the other benefits of working for Costello Medical: https://www.costellomedical.com/careers/benefits-package-in-singapore/

How to Apply

You are required to submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application form. In your cover letter, you must explain why you think you would be suited to the role and why you would like to join Costello Medical, with examples to support both. As written communication is a vital skill for this role, if your cover letter is suspected to have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI), your application is likely to be disqualified.

Please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] if you have any questions about the role or application process.

Visa Sponsorship

Please note that we are unable to support Employment Pass applications for this role and you will therefore need the right to work in Singapore independently from the company.