Executive Assistant at Klasha

Klasha makes it easy for African consumers to shop online. We build technology that allows African consumers to easily access the goods they want on the continent. We enable payments online in local African currencies and can handle the last-mile logistics for our retail partners too. Statistically, Africa is the future, so we believe consumers on the continent should have the same frictionless access to the global e-commerce economy as consumers in the West.

Klasha was founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018 and is backed by Techstars, Ginco Investments and a group of notable angel investors. Klasha is run by 20-somethings from five nationalities that speak six different languages between them. Klasha has offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Location: Lagos

About the Role

• We are looking for an executive assistant to perform a variety of administrative tasks and support our company’s senior-level managers.
• To be successful in this role, you should be well organized, have great time management skills, and should be able to act without guidance.
• Ultimately, you would contribute to the efficiency of our business by providing personalized and timely support to executive team members.

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients and other external partners
• Manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner
• Manage executives’ calendars and set up meetings
• Make travel and accommodation arrangements
• Rack daily expenses and prepare weekly monthly or quarterly reports
• Oversee the implementation of other administrative duties
• Act as an office manager by keeping up with office supplies inventory and reports
• Vet information for internal and external communication – agreements, emails, presentations, reports
• Take minutes during meetings with external partners
• Screen and direct phone calls and distribute correspondence.

Requirements
You should apply if you have:

• Work experience as an Executive assistant, personal assistant, or similar position
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Familiarity with office gadgets and applications(google calendar, asana, slack etc)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Discretion and Confidentiality

Key Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• People skills
• Problem-solving
• Multitasking
• Organizational skills
• Persuasion.

Benefits
Our people are the heart of the business, so we prioritize welfare and offer a wide range of competitive benefits including but not limited to:

• All the latest technology you need to do your role
• Private health insurance
• Calm membership
• Free lunch in the office
• Budget for French language classes
• One-time home office set-up allowance
• Hybrid; remote + office hours and flexible working conditions
• Access to Klasha Sessions development training courses
• Diesel and fuel allowance for remote working
• Work-from-anywhere weeks; Work from anywhere for three weeks in a year
• Paid birthday day off
• Team building events
• Bank holidays swap
• Access to mental health wellness services
• Paid parental leave.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.