Job Detail

Job Position: Executive Assistant


Employment type: Permanent

Posted date: 2024-11-21

Deadline date: 2025-07-16

Recruiter: Saria Consultancy PLC

Job Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Category: Administration and Office Management

Current Salary: As per the company scale

Career Level: Middle Level

Job Summary:

We are looking for a passionate Executive Assistant, who has a strong ability to closely support the executive’s 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.  

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Organizing a manager’s diary and making appointments and facilitating appointments, meetings, and conferences;
  • Manage CEO’s 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 CEO’s;
  • 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 inquiries and resolving 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 Business administration, Business Management or related fields  

Additional qualifications 

  • Excellent verbal, as well as written communication skills 
  • Proficient in MS Office and “back-office” software (e.g. ERP)
  • Thorough understanding of clerical and secretarial principles
  • Methodical thinker with detailed research proficiencies
  • Outstanding communication and negotiation abilities
  • Self-motivated and result-oriented 
  • Honest and confident
  • Exceptional time and stress management skills

Years of experience: 4+ years of experience in a similar role

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