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Executive Assistant
Location
South Africa
Posted
30 days ago
Salary
$1K - $1.4K / month
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Executive Assistant
Assist World
• Calendar Management: Coordinate a constantly shifting schedule across multiple organisations and stakeholders • Inbox Management: Draft responses, prioritise communications, and ensure timely follow-ups • Meeting Support: Capture notes, track action items, and ensure follow-through • Administrative Support: Handle day-to-day operational tasks to free up executive time • Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise with internal teams, contractors, and external partners • Board & Leadership Support: Assist with preparing board materials, reports, and presentations • Process Management: Maintain systems and ensure consistency (especially where others won’t!) • Ad Hoc Projects: Support initiatives such as audits, retreats, and operational projects
Job Requirements
- Exceptional organisation and attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal English communication
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive mindset, anticipating needs before they arise
- Confidence in following up and keeping others accountable
- Comfortable with change and ambiguity (things move fast)
- Not afraid to speak up, challenge ideas, and offer opinions
- Collaborative and engaging, able to build strong working relationships
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
- A good sense of humour, we like working with people who enjoy what they do
- Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar)
- Notion (knowledge management)
- CRM systems (e.g. Adio or similar)
- Expense management tools (e.g. Ramp)
- QuickBooks or basic accounting familiarity
Benefits
- 100% REMOTE
- $50 birthday bonus
- $200 testimonial bonus
- $500 entry monthly raffle
- NO TRACKER. NO PROBLEM
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