Executive Assistant to the Chief Information Security Officer at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Executive Assistant to the Chief Information Security Officer

Location: Nigeria

Job Objective(s)

• Provide technical business support to the Chief Information Security Officer to facilitate effective coordination of the Information Security Group to drive actualization of set goals in Nigeria and Rest of Africa
• Conduct research, provide business intelligence and market analysis that aids Chief Information Security Officer’s decision making
• Collaborate with other stakeholders in Nigeria and Rest of Africa to provide oversight and lead the execution of strategic initiatives, projects, tasks and deliverables from the office of the Chief Information Security Officer
• Attend to inquiries directed to the Chief Information Security Officer, to determine the proper course of action and delegate to the appropriate individual or unit to manage
• Manage the Chief Information Security Officer’s calendar, appointments and daily itinerary

Minimum Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline

Previous Work Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience with at least one (1) year spent in any banking function.

Skills required:

• Excellent Project Management and Organizational skills
• Bi-lingual, French preferably
• Good use of the Microsoft Office suite (including Projects, Excel, PowerPoint) and Power BI
• Outstanding customer and people relationship skills
• Strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, and negotiation skills
• Research, Data Gathering and Analytics
• Social Media and Tech Savvy
• Result and action-oriented

Knowledge:

• A sound understanding of customer relationship management
• Correspondence Management
• Business analysis and budget management
• Good communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• The structure of the bank, its policies, and procedures
• Basic understanding of the Information Security space and desirous to build a career in Information Security

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV and a Cover Letter in French to: [email protected] with the interested role as the subject matter.