Executive Assistant to Founder, Sustainability Investment Firm, West London
Job description
Oplu is leading the search for an Executive Assistant to the Founder of a growing sustainability-focused investment firm in West London. The firm makes venture capital, angel, and direct investments in sustainability.
This is primarily a 1:1 Founder support role with scope to cover the wider team as the firm grows. The remit spans agenda and diary, preparation and follow-up, administration, marketing support, recruitment coordination, and light personal admin. Roughly 80% business, 20% personal. Not a family PA role.
Genuine commercial and strategic scope over time. The Founder has deliberately structured this hire to grow with the business.
The role
- Full diary and correspondence ownership from day one
- Meeting preparation, note-taking (AI-assisted), and action follow-up
- Administration across accounting, HR, legal, purchasing, IT basics
- Marketing support (website, LinkedIn, events)
- Recruitment coordination (ads, filtering, interviews)
- Light personal admin alongside the professional remit
The brief
- 4+ years EA experience, ideally founder-led, entrepreneurial, or investment-sector
- Active listener, curious, high EQ, self-directed
- Comfortable letting the principal finish then asking precise questions
- Genuine interest in sustainability as a market focus
- 5 days in office (one day WFH negotiable)
- Available for 1 September start (mid-September acceptable)
- Right to live and work in the UK
Compensation: £40,000-£60,000 per annum (dependent on experience).
Full brief and confidential application via Oplu.