Executive Assistant to CPO

Cision employs the brightest, most passionate people in the tech industry. We’d love for you to join our growing team! We invest in our people through training and professional development while supporting you along the way—all so you can meet your career goals. To us, the most important measure of our success is yours.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our Chief People Officer and wider People Team. You will be responsible for coordinating schedules, booking, planning events, travel and coordinating with the wider People Leadership team. Alongside our CPO you will support our SVP, Global People Partnerships and VP, Global People Programs. You will support the key people projects and initiatives and an all-round support to the People Team. You will help in planning and schedule alignment, support project coordination to ensure that the team hit their overall deadline. 
This role will primarily require onsite work in New York with occasional travel.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administration Support: You will provide administrative support to the CPO, promptly reviewing and tracking incoming enquiries such as emails, invitations, and correspondence. You will manage the CPOs calendar triaging meeting appointment requests both internally and externally and working to book these into calendars in a manageable way. You will also support with systems such as Expensify, approving travel requests from the people senior leadership team.
•  Coordination: You will need to support in arranging travel, visas, accommodation and managing expenses for the CPO and wider people org. Have agendas prepared, scheduling meetings and rooms for events or office visits.
•  Project Management: The People team have key roadmap goals and you will need to support the People Partner and People Programs Lead enabling the team to hit key deadlines. You will support in arranging large strategic meetings, offsites and workshops. You will support delivery timelines and support coordination with cost approvals. You will support handling multiple stakeholder management and diary management. 

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Previous EA/PA/Project Management experience preferably to a CPO or Executive level
• A successful track-record of working in a comparable senior role in a large and/or complex organisation
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail
• A successful track record of working with senior internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Sound experience of establishing positive and productive relationships at senior level within organisations and having the tact and diplomacy to ensure these are maintained effectively
• Able to multitask effectively
• Excellent interpersonal, diplomatic, oral communication skills
• To be able to work with versatility, meeting unexpected, tight deadlines on occasion, being able to prioritise as required 

As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter. Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledgeand named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com. Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses. Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Ac