Executive Assistant to CEO

Want to help change how the world is fed?

Higher Steaks was founded to transform the global food system by making delicious and nutritious food – from animal cells and plants. We are pioneering the development of cultivated meat to solve some of the globe’s growing challenges in health, sustainability and animal welfare.

We're a creativity, science and engineering-driven company dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies that will help address and push the boundaries of what’s possible – delivering innovations that benefit people and the planet.

Our brilliant team are experts in their respective fields, drawn from around the world. We’re passionate, curious, innovative and at the forefront of the ground-breaking work being done in this exciting and rapidly growing sector. Higher Steaks is a well-funded biotech company and we’ve more than doubled our headcount in 2022. We’ll be continuing to grow in 2023 and looking to rapidly increase the non-technical side of the business, so this is a great time to join us and become part of the team solving one of the most important challenges we face today!

The role

You will be the organisational force and close support that helps our CEO be at her best to lead the company. We are looking for someone that is a critical thinker, good at anticipating needs and offering fast practical solutions. You will need a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

While you will be working the most closely with our CEO, the role will involve also helping the rest of the leadership team when needed. This means you will also enjoy exposure to different areas of our business from biotech to product (food) development to operations. The CEO lives in London, so we’re looking for someone whose time zone easily overlaps with hers.

Our headquarters are in Cambridge, UK, but we are open to this role being hybrid or fully remote.

What you’ll be doing:

• Complete a broad variety of tasks that help facilitate the CEO’s ability to lead the organisation. This includes but is not limited to:
  • producing complex documents, reports, presentations
  • collecting and preparing information for meetings
  • composing and preparing correspondence both for internal and external purposes
  • maintaining contact lists
  • completing expense reports
  • help manage social media platforms
• Use discretion, confidentiality, and good judgement to handle matters
• Help with calendar management, particularly in prioritising inquiries and requests, making judgements and recommendations
• Help draft agendas, schedule meetings, distribute materials, and record meeting minutes wherever needed
• Conserve the CEO’s time by preparing and analysing information in advance, helping connect the dots internally and externally
• Make sure the CEO is well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately
• Book business travel arrangements, including both Cambridge commutes and international travels, compiling itineraries and managing the schedule whilst abroad
• Support recruitment where needed for CEO’s direct reports
• Act as a sounding board and sparring partner
• Complete ad hoc projects as assigned

What we think you need:

• Easily anticipates – and meets - the needs of others
• Flexible and self-motivated, you’re a self-starter and not afraid to take initiative. You enjoy working autonomously with minimal supervision
• Discreet, knows how to identify and communicate sensitive information. You have a high level of integrity and excellent judgement
• A can-do approach to everything, you’re resilient and determined
• A born planner, with exceptional organisational skills, you’re someone who enjoys prioritising a busy workload. You know how to handle multiple concurrent tasks, anticipate changes and make competing priorities work to meet rigid deadlines, even if after working hours (as needed)
• Exceptional diary management skills with experience in coordinating a hectic and fast-changing schedule
• You know how to interact with all levels: from our board to execs to other founders and everyone across the organisation and outside whether its a junior member of a collaborator or a Fortune 500 CEO
• You have prior experience as a PA/EA to a founder, C-level or another senior executive leader (s) whose role is complex, challenging and fast-paced
• You have very strong communications skills
• Very high level of attention to detail

We’d love it if you also have:

• Your writing skills are really exceptional: you can distil complex topics into succinct messages, you’re a great storyteller and can help predict how others will receive the message
• Experience working with founder CEOs
• An interest in and appreciation of different countries and cultures
• Experience or interest in technology and harnessing the power of data and automation

Reward

Alongside a competitive base salary, all our people get these benefits:

• Share options
• Flexible hours
• 28 days annual leave
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Cycle-to-work scheme and gym membership
• "Make your work life easier" annual stipend
• Regular team dinners and social activities
• Snacks, fruits, tea, coffee and more!

Higher Steaks recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the functions, responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position, and HigherSteaks Limited retains the discretion to modify.