Job Objectives
- Provide strategic, administrative, and development support to the CEO and the Executive Management Team.
- Lead strategic initiatives and provide oversight of key operational priorities.
Principal Duties /Responsibilities
Strategic Functions
- Support and help drive company-wide transformation and strategic initiatives while building and maintaining key relationships across the Organization
- Assist to oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of the executive management
- Design and implement cross-functional systems and processes that the Organisation needs to grow at scale. Lead targeted process improvement initiative and be a role model for continuous improvement mindset.
- Maintain rhythm of key operating mechansism to assist CEO in driving business operations and strategy projects. Work with the senior and mid level leadership to ensure effective and timely execution of key business reviews.
- Collaborate with the leadership to track, analyse and report Organisation performance periodically
Administrative Functions
- Plan/ Organise the CEO鈥檚 weekly and monthly administrative duties; manage an active calendar of appointments, composure and preparation of correspondences, preparation for meetings, etc.
- Assist the CEO on his external commitments including engagements with a variety of external stakeholders
- Ensure the CEO has all the information needed to be as productive as possible and sending out agendas to meeting attendees as necessary
- Monitor information flow; sometimes act as the gatekeeper, ensure the CEO鈥檚 involvement in a project or decision making process is at the right moment.
- Managing the meeting cadence for the board of directors and leadership team, ensuring materials are sent in advance, time is well spent, and objectives are achieved.
- Planning and leading company retreats, and other special events.