The African Centre for Innovation and Leadership Development (ACILD) is a development non-governmental organization headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria with offices in Toronto, Canada and Nairobi, Kenya. It was created in response to the dearth of resources available to African scientists to maximize their potential in terms of professional and leadership development.
ACILD is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Executive Assistant
Location: Abuja
Job Descriptions
- Coordinate the calendar, travel, meetings, and schedule arrangements for management.
- To coordinate operations of the Nigeria office including, reception, document preparation, control of internal communications, filing and general office maintenance.
- Coordinate meetings as required, including, preparing agenda, circulating papers and taking minutes.
- Assist with the planning and coordination of company events, seminars and workshop.
- Arrange & maintain records and confidential files
- Answer and filter telephone calls.
- Assist with the development/production of communication materials and presentations
- Maintain social media platforms such as the company's website and Linked-in pages.
- Attend events and meetings on behalf of senior executives where required.
- Staying current with local and other relevant news and prioritizing news items for review of the senior executives.
- Any other such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by any of the executives which shall not be considered inconsistent with a position of this nature.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Excellent Administrative skills at management level.
- Minimum of 1 year post qualification experience in will be preferable.
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Highly motivated and dynamic Executive Assistant.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Respect for confidential information.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Relevant professional qualification will be an advantage.
- Self-motivated individual.
- Team player with a flexible and reliable attitude.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Application Closing Date
Monday, 30th March, 2015.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit cover letter and resume in one PDF (Word documents would not be accepted). Indicate the appropriate subject title. Also, cover letter and resume should not be more than 2 pages. All applicants that do not meet this criteria would be automatically disqualified. Please send your Resume/CV to:
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