Ceo Assistant-Volunteer (Open For Students)

✦This is a free unique volunteer opportunity for students/fresh graduates/anyone who switches careers to volunteer with a British Tech Company in order to build real-world experience and skills toward a career as CEO Executive Assistant.

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Details About Opportunity

People in Executive management are responsible for providing high-level administrative support to executives in the workplace, such as taking calls, scheduling meetings, managing executive requests, and other office duties. They also oversee office functions and supervise lower-level office employees. Executive assistantshave excellent verbal communication skills, good judgment, and strong time management skills in order to meet deadlines.

What you will do:

Executive Assistants provide high-quality and proactive support to the Founder – CEO. They keep the agenda, balance commitments and prioritize internal & external obligations. They also would be the “go-to person” who works closely with the CEO, in addition to being a superhero in organizing processes, and documents, assisting in accounting, hiring, and preparing reports. Their powers transcend to onboarding processes you always have a helping hand ready to extend across all departments.

Key Responsibilities

Working with our CEO, your volunteer role includes:

• Proactively coordinate and manage the agenda, prioritize, organize, and prepare meetings.

• Identify, anticipate, prioritize incoming mail, and prepare information required to ensure timely follow-up.

• Write minutes, correspondence, and presentations.

• Organize and coordinate logistics of special events/workshops/conferences.

• Act as the first contact point for the Founder – CEO and/or team leads and external stakeholders.

• Organize and coordinate travels.

• Administer the Procurement process and ensure payment terms are in line with the Corporate guidelines.

• Manage other projects/initiatives according to the need of the department and contribute to innovative solutions.

• Promote and foster a Care and Dare culture and work environment in line with the company principles

Education and experience:

• Very good knowledge of IONOS, SharePoint & Teams collaboration tools.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, curiosity, resilience, and agility.
• High reliability, conscientiousness, and attention to detail.
• Stakeholder management skills and strong organization multitasking & prioritization skills.
• Act as an ambassador of the company, service-oriented, open-minded & positive attitude.
• Experience in Executive management (preferred)
• High School Diploma or equivalent (preferred)
• Knowledge of consumer electronics and the retail environment (preferred)

Skills and requirements:

• Enthusiastic, initiative-taking, and outgoing personality that is comfortable in a competitive environment
• Self-starter with a strong commitment to driving results
• Interest in technology and the ability to quickly learn new products and features
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent record keeping.
• Attention to detail.
• Professional demeanor, excellent verbal, and written communication skills
• Access to a smartphone (iPhone or Android).
• Undergraduate degree or similar education in Management.
• Fluent in English both orally and verbally

Acquired Skills

• Ability to plan and manage resources
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Executive management

More about the opportunity

This opportunity is suited for a seasoned professional with management experience who focuses on technology. Our company evolves in a niche market; thus, knowledge management in the Virtual Reality and 3D sectors is preferred.

Endorsements

Once a satisfactory outcome is delivered, we will:

• Provide a testimonial against your profile on SkilledUp Life.
• Provide a Linkedin testimonial.
• Allow you to add the Company Name to your Linkedin Profile.

Duration

• Remote
• Part-time
• 3 months

Disclaimer

This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, no promise of future paid work, or any taxable benefit in kind.

About Applying

Please note that if your Linkedin Application is accepted, you would need to apply through the SkilledUp Life platform (free). You will be guided through that process once your Linkedin Application is processed.