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Executive Assistant (Remote)
ORGANIZATION: African Development Choices
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27 people are interested
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
Main purpose of job:
Provides key administrative and business support to the Founder/CEO, while acting as the point of contact among executives, employees/volunteers, clients and other external partners
Department and/or Division: Shared Services
Position reports to: Founder/CEO
Position is responsible for: N/A
Main duties & Objectives
- Preparing executive documents, presentations and reports using templates
- Handling executive communications - drafting email correspondence, instant messaging and taking telephone calls
- Following up on action points from meetings on behalf of the Founder/CEO
- Organising meetings, preparing agendas and taking minutes
- Calendar and diary management
- Coordinating schedules, meetings and appointments
- Arranging travel and booking accommodation
Knowledge, skills, education, and experience
Essential
- Work experience as an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or similar role
- Proactive problem solver with exceptional communication skills and a meticulous attention to detail
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other office productivity tools
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality when trusted with sensitive information
- Ability to multitask and prioritise tasks
- Ability to work autonomously
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours per week
Desirable
- Experience developing internal processes and templates
- Experience updating and filing/organising documents
What ADC Offers You
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is changing lives in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitment@africandevelopmentchoices.org.
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About African Development Choices
Location:
Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, GB
Mission Statement
Our mission is to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
Description
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty in Africa by empowering local communities and their leaders to make more informed choices in the management of public resources so that they can independently meet their own needs for essential services. Improving public resources management is key to establishing a sustainable society. And increasing access to essential services, such as clean water and sanitation, is key to fighting poverty because lack of access to essential services is a root cause of poverty.
We achieve this using our unique approach to reduce poverty as follows:
- Set better precedent
- Raise expectations
- Increase public participation
- Improve management of public resources
- Increase access to essential services
By delivering access to essential services through our donor-funded community projects, we set better precedents in the management of public resources and the delivery of essential services. Then we raise expectations through education and support and mobilise communities to play an active and informed role in the management of public resources so that they can enact change for themselves. We achieve this by sharing information from our projects that provides a new perspective. It’s not the information that empowers communities to participate; it’s raised expectations from a new perspective.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
March 27, 2023
SKILLS
- Executive Admin
- Secretarial
- Administrative Support
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Capacity to volunteer 7-10 hours per week