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Job Title: Executive Assistant, Human Resources

Business Unit: EMEA Human Resources

Key Responsibilities:

• Field all telephone calls for senior team (VP+)

• Diary management for senior team

• Coordinate internal and external meetings for senior team, plus main departmental occurrences

• Manage HR team meetings & social/team building events   

• Manage general professional administration of a highly confidential and sensitive nature

• Organise all travel itineraries and arrangements for senior team

• Provide support to lateral recruitment team around recruitment process management, recruitment initiatives and projects (new systems implementations etc.)  

• Monthly reconciliation of professionals’ expenses for senior team

• Occasional support to the campus recruitment team with the facilitation of in-person interviews

• Working with the campus and internal events team on planning in-office campus events

• Drafting HR documents and liaising with external parties, when required

• Uploading documents to Workday, Box and/or SharePoint

• In partnership with HR Analytics group, provide support around reporting and analysis of key HR metrics

• Management of the administration process around onboarding and offboarding consultants, secondees and temp workers for London and European offices

• Assistance with annual EA event

• Admin support for Affinity Network meetings

• Coordination support for Talent development on-site events

• Coordinate monthly placeholder for HR provision of accruals to finance

• Admin support for visiting senior HR team members

• Provide support for ad hoc projects as required

Qualifications:

Our people are our most valuable asset. They are highly skilled problem solvers who believe challenges represent opportunities. Together with the firm’s entrepreneurial spirit, their unique passions and backgrounds contribute to a diverse, creative and vibrant environment.
Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavours. 

The successful candidate should have:

• Experience working within Financial Services a plus

• Thrives in a dynamic work environment

• Strong communication skills

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks and deadlines

• Ability to be proactive and work well within a team

• Ability to work with various levels of management

• Perform duties with the highest level of confidentiality and have a strong sense integrity

• Experience with coordinating travel arrangements

• An autonomous work style with strong follow-through skills

• Ability to build relationships with key players and management

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (including PowerPoint, emphasis on Outlook and Excel)

• Familiarity with Concur is preferred

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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