Executive PA to the CEO

Job function;

The Personal Assistant is a highly skilled administrative professional who will provide a wide range of support services to CEO. The requirement from the PA is to ease the workload of the CEO by taking on most of the administrative duties, leaving the CEO to focus on decision making. The PA must keep the offices of the CEO running smoothly.

Requirements; Secretarial/personal assistant diploma with minimum of 5 years experience as a PA.Mastery proficiency level is required for the following programmes: MS Word/MS Excel/MS Outlook/email/MS Explorer/Internet/MS PowerPoint Experience in the marketing environment would be an advantage. Own reliable transport and willing to work overtime.

Skills required:

Efficient, organised and resourceful. Flexible and able to function well in a fast-paced environment. Good interpersonal skills and the ability to function at all levels. Strong decision making skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills in English. Attention to detail. Committed loyal individual who have a focus on confidentiality. Effective time management. Able to engage comfortably at a senior level. Will be a required to constantly update skills on new computer programmes or office technology.

Responsibilities:

Provide executive support to both the CEO and top Management. Extensive diary management, including organisation and administration of meetings, setting up internal and external meetings, events, conference calls, conferences etc. Handling all correspondence and communication, including mail, faxes, letters, memorandums, and responding to routine mail and telephone queries for the attention of the CEO. Providing support to the CEO in the co-ordination of departmental activities, by ensuring that direct reports meet their objectives in an efficient and timely manner. This includes ensuring daily that matters requiring follow-up action, are acted on by the CEO. Preparing reports as and when required. Managing budgets and other financial matters. Coordinating projects that may involve working with all levels of management and staff. Managing travel arrangements, including airline, hotel, and rental cars. Conduct internet research to keep the CEO up to date on things that are important to the company. Assist with tender processes, formatting of documents, packing of files etc. Coordinate, assist and finalise ad hoc queries, requests and projects.