Personal Assistant

We are currently seeking a highly trusted Personal Assistant to support multiple busy business areas across our Knightsbridge site, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of operations.

About the Role

As a Personal Assistant, you will provide seamless, proactive administrative support, developing a strong understanding of your stakeholders’ priorities, working styles, and business needs. You will act as a key point of coordination, helping to manage complex schedules, communications, and day-to-day operations, while maintaining professionalism, discretion, and exceptional attention to detail at all times.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing complex diaries, meetings and travel arrangements, ensuring priorities and deadlines are met
• Acting as a first point of contact for internal and external communications, handling requests professionally and efficiently
• Preparing and coordinating documentation, reports, presentations and meeting materials
• Supporting the smooth operation of the office through effective administration and coordination
• Building strong relationships across the business while handling sensitive information with confidentiality

This role is based five days on-site in Knightsbridge, offering the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders in a fast-paced, dynamic retail environment.

About You

You will be an experienced and highly organised Personal Assistant who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and enjoys supporting multiple senior stakeholders. Ideally, you will have prior experience working within a retail or operational setting, where pace and adaptability are key.

You will be confident managing multiple priorities simultaneously, able to anticipate needs before they arise, and comfortable using your initiative to solve problems. You will communicate clearly and professionally at all levels, bringing a calm, discreet, and service-focused approach to your work.

You will also have:

• Strong proficiency across Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Excellent time management, attention to detail, and organisational skills
• Proven experience providing PA or administrative support within a fast-paced retail or operational environment

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods. 

Additional Information:

Time Type:

Permanent

Department:

Food Retail & Restaurants (Anna Moir)