Job Description
Job Objective: Providing administrative and operational support to the CEO
How you’ll achieve it:
You will:
- Communicate directly, on behalf of the CEO and executive. team, with external and internal stakeholders.
- Arrange complex and detailed domestic and international travel plans and itineraries.
- Prioritize conflicting requests and needs and handle matters. proactively, swiftly, and to completion while meeting deadlines.
- Manage calendar and set up meetings.
- Maintain comprehensive and accurate records
- Work with the CEO and others inside and outside of the company to make sure important moves are made.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in being an executive assistant or similar role.
- Ownership: The goal for this role is to do whatever it takes to keep our founders laser-focused on company growth by removing and unblocking any distractions. As such, this role involves heavy collaboration with the founders but also requires an ownership mindset.
- Attention to detail: You’re extremely organized, with a knack for noticing and remembering details.
- Proactiveness: Identify things that need to be done and resolve them without being told to.
- Excellent persuasive, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Have a good knowledge of G Suite's collaboration tools.
- Have provided administrative and logistical support for startup founders, leadership or executives.
- Drive, stamina and self motivation.
- You’re fluent with the internet and internet culture, able to research anything effectively online. You’re also a daily user of mobile software & apps.
Key Details:
- Location: Our company is 100% remote. You can be based anywhere in Africa
- This is a permanent position and reports to the CEO
Extra Points:
- Previous experience at a high-growth, fast-paced startup.
- Entrepreneurial mindset (we encourage all employees to be future founders and this can be a great stepping stone towards that).
- Fluent in speaking French.
Major Benefits:
- Subsidized health insurance and retirement contribution matching (both vary from country-to-country)
- 15-day vacation per year