Executive Assistant to the Deputy Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer (DMD/COO) at African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re)

The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) is a pan-African financial institution with diplomatic status in its current 41 African member countries. Headquartered in Lagos (Nigeria), Africa Re has a continental network of regional and local offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Casablanca (Morocco),Nairobi (Kenya], Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire, Ebene (Mauritius), Cairo (Egypt) and Addis Ababa [Ethiopia) as well as two subsidiaries: Africa Re [South Africa) Ltd in Johannesburg and Africa Retakaful Ltd in Cairo (Egypt).

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Executive Assistant to the Deputy Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer (DMD/COO)

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Reporting directly to the Deputy Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will provide administrative support and be responsible for the Secretarial and office management duties in the DMD/COO's Office.

Duties/Job Details
The duties shall comprise amongst others:

• Managing the principal's electronic diary and booking meetings,
• Organizing travel and preparing travel itineraries.
• Planning. organizing and managing events.
• Conduct research. collect and analyses data to prepare reports and documents
• Preparing presentations, writing reports. executive summaries and newsletters. preparation of various correspondence and documents relating to Board meetings.
• Annual General Meetings. and Management Consultative Committee Meetings (MCC)
• Managing and reviewing filing and office systems,
• Managing an Office Assistant
• Attend meetings and events when required to do so
• Managing the budget for the office of the DMO/COO.
• Any other duty that may be assigned by Management.

Main Competencies Required for this Position:

• In-depth secretariat skills, practices and laws as applicable;
• Excellent oral and written communication, Problem Solving, including Negotiation and Presentation skills;
• Good supervisory skills and Capacity for taking initiatives and decision;
• Disciplined, Reliable, with very high Integrity and good sense of responsibility;
• Excellent IT skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) are required;
• Flexibility, Adaptability, Good interpersonal skills, Ability to multitask, Organizational skills, Communication skills.

Qualifications and Professional Experience
Applicants shall be holders of:

• First degree/HND (Licence toutes disciplines) OR Any intermediate post-secondary school education (inter-B.Sc, ND, NCE.Baccalaureate etc)
• Plus 3 years qualitative relevant work experience (2 of which should be in similar position as executive Assistant or PA to a senior management executive).
• Applicants must also be:
• Fluent in English language
• Working knowledge of French will be an added advantage.

Salary and Benefits
The successful candidate shall have the following benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary on the Corporation's Grade Level SS3
• Variable pay (Annual Performance Bonus)
• Joint contribution to the Provident Fund (7% of the basic salary paid by staff and 14% by the employer)
• Children education subsidy for each child up to 26 years (maximum 4 children)
• Medical cover for staff and family;
• Housing Allowance

Application Closing Date
18th August, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online