Executive Assistant to CEO

Job Description

Candidate requirements:You must have at least 3 years experience as EA/PA to a senior executive in an internationally active company.You must have at least 2 years recent relevant work experience in the UAE and preferably currently based in the UAE.You must have at least 8 years professional work experience.You hold a University Bachelors degree or similar.Native or fluent in English (Arab would be advantageous).Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).Able to independently complete professional level slide presentations.Perhaps experienced in managing professional social media.Experience from the ports, shipping or logistics industry would be advantageous.Experience from multiple functions (e.g. HR, Marketing etc.) would be advantageous.Experience from expatriate onboarding including UAE visa processes would be advantageous.Personal skills and abilities:By nature, energetic, tackling issues to solve them and confident in making decisions.Able to mould yourself, discreetly, into the work environments of the CEO.Excellent interpersonal skills, composed personality and high integrity.Embodies a positive attitude, fast thinker yet calm, also under pressure.Interest in and ability to establish work relationships across the organization and externally.Self-directed, displays initiative and can work independently with excellent follow-up, problem solving skills and the ability to seek alternative solutions for dilemmas, problems and situations at hand.Ability to expand the role beyond responsive support to proactive contributions and taking ownership of tasks.Possesses strong organizational skills, can perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with attention to detail.Professional, comfortable and respectful with counterparts at all organizational levels.High degree of tact, discretion and diplomacy in dealing with confidential information and with sensitive situations and concerned groups and individuals.Unpretentious personality with a team player mindset seeking success for everyone.Healthy sense of humour contributing to the atmosphere we seek to maintain across our organization.Comfortable with flexible work hours (and this is mutual) as this is a role with highs and lows in terms of workload.Can maintain the same support and efficiency whether the CEO is in office or away.This role will start in SeptemberThank you for your interest. All applications are viewed and evaluated according to the role requirements. We aim to contact shortlisted candidates within 2 weeks. As we often receive a high volume of applications, we are unable to reply to everyone. If you have not heard back from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. (LV)

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About Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.