Personal Assistant - Minute Taker

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy – and directly advise the owners and management teams leading them.

Playing an important support role at BDO, our Secretarial and Administration team contributes to our success by taking responsibility for planning and organisation. Their proactive approach to what we do ensures our projects operate seamlessly and co-operation remains strong across our firm. Whatever the challenge, they provide the foundations on which we can excel. Joining this team, you’ll enjoy a friendly and supportive environment.

Want to play your part in our international operation?

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

We are looking for a Minute Taker to join complex and sensitive meetings held within our HR and ER teams. This person will play an important role in helping to maintain BDO’s reputation by the creation of high quality minutes which may be used at Employment Tribunals or requested by our Regulators.

Based within our Shared Services Centre in the Business Support Hub, this person will sit within the National Business Support Stream and have access to a career development framework, regular training and a collaborative community of business support professionals.

You'll be someone with:

• Confident written and verbal communicator. Uses appropriate communication style to achieve the desired outcome. Able to relate to people at all levels with ease.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to listen and focus for long periods of time.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills – adept at coping with changing priorities to help meet deadlines or respond to urgent issues. Remains calm and focused when working under pressure.
• Challenges others by asking questions and actively listening to gain understanding and clarity where required.
• Is highly self‑aware. Trusted to respond to sensitive matters appropriately. Exercises good judgement in deciding when to raise issues.
• Works on own initiative, is self‑motivated with good collaborative skills and able to adapt to new processes.
• Takes personal responsibility for their own development through objective setting and performance management and skills are maintained and up to date and relevant.
• Typing speed of above 60 wpm
• Advanced level in Word – good knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams
• Exceptional spelling, punctuation and grammar
• GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent)

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to our business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people‑centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together…