Personal Assistants at Townsend Property Investments Limited

Townsend Property Investments Limited - A leading construction company in Nigeria with head office in Lagos and work site spread all over the country is seeking to recruit focused, results-oriented and suitably qualified professional to fill the position of:

Job Title: Personal Assistant

Location: Lagos

Job Description
Job Details:

• We need a Personal Assistant to the Managing Director/CEO.
• An experienced PA being a Lawyer is required for this position to ensure that the Managing Director/CEO has excellent administrative support, enabling her to focus on business development and high-level management issues. S/he will be an excellent organizer and communicator with a proactive and friendly attitude. S/he must have the multi-tasking ability and flexibility to work in the dynamic and ever-evolving environment, and must be able to work well under pressure to meet tight deadline.
• S/he legal experience is expected to be used to handle of the legal related activities of the company at any particular time.

Responsibilities
As the Personal Assistant, you job description includes:

• Organize, manage and maintain the MD’s official diary and official phone directory
• Meet with the MD as requested by her to discuss upcoming engagements, invitations and other appointments.
• Schedule on behalf of the MD meetings between her and her direct reports, stakeholders, residents, homeowners, business associates etc.
• Filter general information, queries, phone calls and invitations to the MD by redirecting or taking forward such contact as appropriate.
• Reply, draft and prepare correspondence on behalf of the MD based on her instructions and consent.
• Attend official meetings with the MD as requested and take minutes of meetings. Send a reminder to the MD as at when due concerning the resolutions and agreements reached at the meeting.
• Ensure the MD is fully briefed on, or prepared for, any engagements she is involved in.
• Represent the MD in some official capacities as requested and give the her full briefing of what transpired
• Oversee MD’s Office generally.

Qualification, Experience & Attributes

• Minimum of 2nd Class Upper LL.B Degree; and Barrister at Law (BL) from any reputable tertiary institution.
• Minimum of 4 years Legal Officer and company secretary experience with a large listed company.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving capabilities.
• A very good organizational skill.
• Excellent presentation, written and communication skills.
• Ability to fluently interface with all levels of senior management.
• Ability to think creatively, multi-task and work without supervision.
• The successful candidate must not be more than 30 years of age.
• Be confidential with all information concerning the MD except when you have authorization to do otherwise.

Application Closing Date
5th December, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should kindly send their CV's to: [email protected]