Personal Assistant at Showers Kiddies Publishers Limited

Showers Kiddies Publishers is a dynamic company whose aim is to provide quality education accessible to the African child. We started our distribution journey from the nooks and crannies of Nigeria and progressed to other neighbouring countries. We are situated in the heart of the buzzing city of Lagos, Nigeria. As a publishing company, our vision is to ‘build a prime educational brand’ by being the best in quality and style. Since starting in 2005, we have published a distinctive range of educational books, such as English Language, Mathematics, Science, English Literature, Vocational Aptitude, Quantitative and Verbal Reasoning among others. Our books range for pupils from 2 years to 11 years old. We have been able to give our pupils the opportunity to access knowledge, regardless of their background or circumstance.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Personal Assistant

Location: Gbagada, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the managing director and performing personal, secretarial and administrative duties.
• Typing, formatting, and editing reports, documents, and presentations.
• Answering calls on behalf and for the managing director
• Making travel arrangements and general protocol activities .
• Scheduling appointments, maintaining an events calendar, and sending reminders.
• Managing internal and external correspondence on behalf of senior management. Especially the managing director.
• Liaise with IT, Sales, PR and HR teams on daily working activities.
• Liaise with other executives on behalf of the managing director.
• Preparing facilities for scheduled events and arranging refreshments, if required.
• Observing best business practices and etiquette.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or any Certification in Personal Assistant and Secretarial training.
• Excellent business practices and etiquette.
• Ability to manage internal and external correspondence.
• Proficiency in appointment scheduling software such as MS Outlook, as well as call forwarding.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Discretion and trustworthiness: you will often be party of confidential information
• Organisational skills and the ability to multitask
• The ability to be proactive and take the initiative

Desirable Skills:

• Advanced typing, note-taking, recordkeeping, and organizational skills.
• Extensive experience in creating documents and spreadsheets, using office software such as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Certification in project management, secretarial work, office administration or related training.
• 1-2 years of experience as a personal assistant would be advantageous.

Application Closing Date
11th January, 2023.