Secretarial Recruitment Manchester — Nigel Wright Group
Secretarial Recruitment in Manchester and the North West
Nigel Wright Group is a specialist secretarial recruitment agency in Manchester. We place executive assistants, personal assistants, team secretaries and office managers with organisations across the region, in permanent and interim roles. Strong assistants free leadership talent to focus on the decisions that matter most.
Expertise you trust. Hiring people you value.
Why Manchester Organisations Choose Nigel Wright Group
Great support shapes how a leadership team performs. A capable assistant protects a director’s time, manages stakeholders and keeps priorities moving. The best candidates are often settled, so finding them takes skill.
Our consultants take the time to understand each brief in depth. Every conversation explores working style, team culture and the pace of the role alongside the job description. That is our Go Further mindset in practice: one more question, a wider search and a better match.
Secretarial Roles We Place
We recruit across the full range of secretary roles, from first line administrative support to board level assistance. Typical appointments include:
- Executive assistants and PAs to chief executives, managing directors and directors
- Legal, property and medical secretaries
- Team secretaries and administrative coordinators
- Office managers and business support leads
- Interim assistants covering leave, restructures or change programmes
Diary management, minute taking, travel planning and stakeholder communication sit at the heart of most briefs. We assess these closely, along with discretion and judgement.
Permanent and Interim Secretarial Recruitment: When Each Model Fits
Permanent hires suit organisations building a stable support function around a leadership team. An assistant who stays for the long term learns the business, builds trusted relationships and becomes part of how decisions get made.
Interim appointments work best when speed matters. Experienced professionals step in quickly to cover absence, support a restructure or keep a programme on schedule.
Many clients combine the two. An interim assistant holds things steady while we run a considered search for the permanent hire. Access to permanent and temporary secretarial staff gives hiring managers flexibility at every stage of growth.
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Our Secretarial Recruitment Track Record
Nigel Wright Group has supported secretarial and business support hiring across property, housing, construction, engineering, care and the charity sector. Clients include:
- Property and workspace: Lambert Smith Hampton and Pure Offices, where assistants are often the first contact for clients and tenants
- Housing and construction: Homes England and Persimmon, with teams managing complex programmes and many stakeholders
- Engineering services: NG Bailey Group, where organised support helps busy project leaders stay on track
- Charity and care: Canal & River Trust and HC-One, organisations with large operational footprints and purpose led cultures
- Professional services: Morgan Hunt, a people business that values reliable, polished support
Each partnership rests on the same principle. We learn the organisation behind the brief and the person behind the role.
Executive Search, Advisory and Specialist Recruitment for Secretarial Hiring
- Executive search: For board level assistant roles, we act as a secretarial executive search firm and approach proven candidates discreetly. This sits alongside our wider work securing leaders who shape your future.
- Advisory: Expert insight for wiser decisions, helping you shape the role and plan your support structure with confidence.
- Specialist recruitment: Connecting you with talent others cannot, through a network built over many years in the Manchester market.
Local Knowledge With a Northern Perspective
We know the Manchester business community and its talent market well. A wider view across Northern organisations adds useful context.
Candidates receive the same care. Anyone starting a job search with us gets honest advice, whether they want a first secretary job or a step up into executive support. Lasting relationships with clients and candidates help us make better matches over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a secretarial recruitment partner do?
A specialist partner sources, assesses and shortlists assistants and secretaries who fit your role, team and culture. Nigel Wright Group covers permanent, interim and temporary appointments.
Talk to Our Manchester Secretarial Recruitment Team
Our ambition is to be the driving force behind the North’s most successful organisations. That starts with the people who support their leaders. Speak to our team about your next appointment.
Manchester Office
Telephone: +44 (0)161 552 5027
Email: marketingdept@nigelwright.com
Address: The Lincoln, Lincoln Square, Brazennose Street, Manchester, M2 5AD