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Executive Assistant to Founder, Sustainability Investment Firm, West London

Oplu (formerly Chace People)london, london🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 2 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Salary
£40k - £60k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

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.

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