The Executive Assistant will be required to interact with people who are strategically important to the Institute and is therefore responsible for portraying a favorable and highly professional impression to internal contacts
The Executive Assistant will also need to be able to manage the Sr
Director / Director s competing demands with a high degree of confidence and professionalism
The Executive Assistant will also need to make a significant contribution to the effective performance of Sr. Director / Director by supporting his administrative and information needs
Responsibilities will include diary management, complex travel arrangements and expenses, managing correspondence, as well as discretely handling confidential and sensitive information, information gathering and web searching
The role necessitates a high degree of autonomy and initiative and the need to make decisions on a daily basis within the agreed standards and framework, in a context of changing demands
The duties are drawn from the following broad categories of activity: Administration Proactively managing the Director s complex and flexible diary, assisting him to maximize his time productivity, such as advising him on upcoming commitments, prioritization, managing regular changes and dealing professionally with competing meeting requests
Making complex travel arrangements (including international), hotel bookings, visa requirements etc
with minimal supervision, within known preferences Liaising with the Director and actively updating his work plan, projects and responsibilities, including monitoring of commitments and deadlines, maintaining confidentiality
Making arrangements for meetings, including booking rooms, arranging catering, travel arrangements for external participants and collation and circulation of relevant papers and agendas
Managing the Directorate filing systems, mailing list and contacts database, taking telephone messages and dealing appropriately with incoming and outgoing post
Providing general administrative duties including word processing, collating and preparing documents
Participating in team meetings, retreats and other institute events
Supplying comprehensive information in response to internal and external requests to include in website/intranet services
Basic library and internet searches and presentation of information in appropriate formats
General secretarial support for the Director of Strategy Operations and Development Officer as required Other clerical duties and special projects as arise
Finance and legal Responsible for processing all expense claims for Sr. Director / Directorate members activities
Responsible for recording and monitoring Sr. Director / Director s meeting minutes within agreed guidelines
2 Liaison Working with Sr. Director/Director and Coordinate to respond to general information requests and to disseminate information through e-mail, mail, publications and web pages
Providing assistance to visitors and staff as appropriate to their position, seniority and urgency
Acting as key contact to provide general information in response to institute related enquiries from staff re contact details, dates of meetings, etc etc
This job description sets out the categories of activity from which duties of the post may be drawn at the time it was composed
Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post