Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Personal Assistant to Managing Director and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We’re one of the UK’s largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Personal Assistant to Managing Director, you’ll benefit from:

Competitive salary
5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
Life Cover & Contributory Pension
Health Care
Bonus
Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development
What is the role?

We are now looking to recruit a Personal Assistant (PA) to join Persimmon Homes West Scotland. This role reports to the Managing Director.

The purpose of this role is to provide a confidential secretarial service for the Managing Director and where applicable the Regional Management team and to ensure the administration functions in all departments work together cohesively.

What you’ll do as a Personal Assistant to Managing Director

Providing PA support to ensure the effective running of the office administration, maintaining the company’s high standards of reporting and organisation
Organising diary management and dealing with correspondence swiftly to always maintain good levels of communication
Compiling letters and reports, including board reports accurately and on time so the management team have the necessary regional information to make necessary business decisions
Organising business travel and accommodation in line with company guidelines so that important meetings can take place
Preparing itineraries and accurate minute taking, documenting key tasks which are important for future action and success
Ensuring that Customer complaints are managed effectively and in good time, so we maintain the company brand and reputation
Assisting the Divisional Finance Director and Human Resources Manager providing full support as per the company’s highest standards of care
General office management duties to include stationary orders, maintaining the cleanliness of the building, and general staff welfare, keeping the Health and Safety file up to date ready for annual audits
Organising events
What experience do I need?

Previous experience in a similar role is essential
Fully conversant with Microsoft Office including, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and Power BI (latter is preferred but not essential)
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Experience in managing and prioritising multiple tasks