Do you want your work to
matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just a living?
Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your own?
Living Goods works to
reinvent how we improve the lives of the under-served. We think big,
relentlessly innovate to ensure both impact & health system strengthening.
At Living Goods, you will have the opportunity to apply your ideas and
creativity at work every day. If you work well in a dynamic collaborative
environment, set high standards, and meet challenges with determination and a
sense of humour, you’ll thrive here at Living Goods.
Your Charge
We
are looking for an Executive Assistant to support the Global CEO and the Global
leadership team. You will drive internal communication efforts, design
and deliver documents and reports, organize meetings and events, and provide
administrative support to the leadership team.
This
is an exciting and challenging role, an investment in your professional
development. In this role you will work with the Global Leadership team who are
based in different locations across the world including San Francisco, Nairobi
and Kampala on various assignments including innovative projects.
- Administrative support: Manage the CEO’s diary and appointment schedule by planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, teleconferences, and organize complex travel agendas. Provide administrative support to the leadership team. Process the CEO’s expenses and other administrative items.
- Office management: Ensure that the Global office has all that is required for seamless operations. Partner with the P&C team to implement and maintain workplace policies as necessary. Provide general support to the CEO’s visitors and help create a positive, friendly office environment.
- Meeting and Events management: Responsible for the seamless coordination of Board meetings and Global Executive Team meetings. Plans, coordinates and executes virtual and physical Global Office all-team meetings, team building sessions, executive team retreats, and other events as needed.
- Design documents: Develop and edit attractive memos, briefing papers, and presentations.
- Performance tracking: Trends/insights analysis with inputs from the Global leadership team to support overall delivery of work-plans.
- Internal communication: Working closely with the CEO and in collaboration with the Group Communications team, play a key role in internal communication. Ensures communication from the CEO is dispatched on time, takes notes during meetings and that responses to varied audience are met
- Organize information: Develop and maintain a document management (physical and digital filing and retrieval system). Suggest efficient ways to run the Kenya Global office and troubleshoot malfunctions.
Education, Experience, Technical skills and attributes
- Background. Undergraduate degree. 3+ years in a fast-paced working environment.
Experience working in a consulting organization or similar environment
handling multiple projects and clients. Background relevant to the
operations of Living Goods gained in either the private, public or NGO
sectors.
- Analytical skills: An
analytical mindset
- Communication & Influencing: Experienced at preparing communication materials (PowerPoint, Word documents,
email correspondence that meet Board-level standards) and effectively
share these – both verbally and in writing in English.
- Planning and Organizational skills: People can rely on you
because you can develop the engine that runs the Global CEO office. You
will keep the leadership team true to governance routines, are good at
keeping calendars and timelines. You keep a tight ship and up to
date to-do lists. You like to get the details right.
- Collaboration and team effectiveness: Build team effectiveness and work
collaboratively in a Global team environment
- People and info junkie: Once you join an organization you
become a sponge, soaking up information quickly. You enjoy getting
to learn the inner workings of an organization and meeting and getting to
know employees at all levels.
- Discretion: You are a consummate professional. You have an
intuitive feel for sensitive situations and you respect confidentiality.
- Multitasks: You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘staying calm
and carrying on.’ You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well
in a multicultural environment.
Compensation
A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including
health insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best
while making lives better for those in need.
Living Goods is an equal opportunity employer and will consider every
qualified applicant for employment. Living Goods does not discriminate based on
race, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual
orientation or disability.
Our current job openings are displayed on our website, where you can search for open positions and apply directly. Living Goods does not offer any positions without an interview and never asks candidates for money. If you are asked for money, we strongly recommend that you do not respond and do not send money or personal information.
