Personal Assistant

Job description: - We are looking for a passionate Personal Assistant, who has a strong ability to closely support the executives daily activities. The position holder will be in charge of follow-up and handling different responses and serve as the first point of contact for the Executive Office.

Major Responsibilities:

• Organizing a managers diary and making appointments and facilitating appointments, meetings, and conferences;
• Manage CEOs domestic and foreign travel arrangements, prepares itineraries, and maintain all travel records;
• Preparing and maintaining the data shared between the departments and recording the information accordingly;
• Maintain electronic and paper records ensuring information is organized, kept in a confidential manner and easily accessible;
• Facilitates and manages the day-to-day and periodic predictable schedule of the CEOs;
• Planning office activities and events, and attending on behalf of the CEO as required;
• Ensure the effectiveness of the communication and relation of each unit as well as the coordination with the Executive Office;
• Ensures the regular meeting action items are documented and decisions communicated;
• Handle and prioritize all outgoing and incoming correspondences and redirect important calls and emails to the Executive;
• Meeting callers or guests coming from different organizations, identifying the matter, referring to the concerned body, responding directly or arranging appointments;
• Create and organize information, and generate reference tools for ease of access and use;
• Prepare invoices or financial statements and provide assistance in bookkeeping and verifying receipt of supplies;
• Assists in typing circulars, memos, reports, and confidential letters, as required
• Ensure periodical reports from all departments are timely prepared and submitted to the CEO's office;
• Respond to inquiries and resolve problems to the level of the work environment;
• Assists in the preparation and editing of proposals, reports, and other documents produced by the office;
• Ensure efficient and effective administrative support is provided to the CEO;
• Ensuring that the organization policies, rules, and regulations are followed properly
• Maintaining detailed and accurate records of all correspondences all the time;
• Other tasks assigned by your immediate supervisor

Requirements

Academic qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business administration, Marketing Management or related fields

Additional qualifications

• Proven work experience as a Personal Assistant
• Excellent verbal, as well as written communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office and back-office software (e.g. ERP)
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Methodical thinker with detailed research proficiencies
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
• Self-motivated and result-oriented
• Honest and confident
• Exceptional time and stress management skills

Years of experience: 5+ years of experience, of which at least 3 years in a similar role

Salary: Negotiable based on experience

Office Location: Addis Ababa, Bole Medhanialem

Availability: Immediately