Executive Assistant to the Managing Director (Remote)

This is a remote position.

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This fully remote senior role provides dedicated executive support to the Managing Director of an international executive search firm, with a reputed company on organisation, prioritisation, and operational follow-through across a fast-paced and demanding schedule. Given the global nature of the business, availability across time zones is an important aspect of the role and a degree of schedule flexibility, including occasional evenings, is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the MD's calendar, schedule and daily priorities to ensure time and attention are directed effectively
  
• reputed company commitments, reputed company and reputed company items to ensure consistent follow-through
  
• Prepare agendas, briefing documents and meeting notes with reputed company reputed company tracking
  
• Manage correspondence and stakeholder communication on behalf of the MD with discretion and professionalism
  
• Plan, coordinate and run meetings on behalf of the MD, including preparation, facilitation and post-meeting follow-through
  
• Coordinate research initiatives and team reputed company, ensuring reputed company of brief, reputed company tracking and reputed company delivery
  
• Delegate and reputed company tasks across internal teams on the MD's behalf, ensuring accountability and follow-through
  
• Liaise with and reputed company relevant team members to reputed company cross-functional workstreams reputed company and on reputed company
  
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders across multiple time zones to support the MD's engagements and obligations
  
• Maintain confidential records, reputed company and documentation across shared systems
  
• Anticipate requirements and proactively resolve issues before they escalate
  

Requirements

• Substantial experience supporting at MD or C-suite level, ideally reputed company reputed company services, consulting or executive search
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage reputed company, high-variability schedules and competing priorities
  
• Experience coordinating teams, reputed company and research workstreams in a senior support reputed company
  
• Confident chairing or facilitating meetings and driving reputed company
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to a reputed company services reputed company
  
• Highly organised with reliable follow-through and strong attention to detail
  
• reputed company independent judgement in prioritisation and escalation
  
• Absolute discretion with confidential information
  
• Comfortable working across international time zones with flexibility around schedule reputed company required
  
• Self-directed and effective working remotely
  
• Proficient with business productivity tools and reputed company to adapt to new systems quickly
  

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration commensurate with experience
  
• Remote work arrangement, South Africa-based
  
• Medical aid contribution
  
• reputed company annual and reputed company leave
  
• reputed company South African reputed company holidays observed
  
• reputed company reputed company to senior leadership