Hiring: Executive/Personal Assistant

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The employer is consultant currently employed by the World Bank, previously working with the Asian Development Bank, and was an owner of businesses in Sydney, Australia.

He is looking for an executive/personal assistant who can work full or part-time (20-40 hours/week depending on the demands of the job and your personal circumstances) and can help him with

• Liaising with partners and vendors in Australia regarding financial and legal matters
• Researching and proposing action steps in resolving issues with left-over businesses in Australia
• Performing administrative roles such as updating consultant and partners’ calendar, managing external requirements requirements such as invoices and payments, filing reports, hiring new staff, etc.
• Assisting the consultant in personal administrative matters such as booking airlines and hotels, coordinating with bank representatives, etc.

If you have the following qualifications

•  A college degree or impressive work experience.  A financial background such as commerce and accounting is an advantage but not required.
• Reasonable financial literacy
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Highly organized, enthusiastic, and can work with minimal supervision
• Confident and comfortable with dealing with expats and foreigners calling overseas for research and requesting new information
• Flexible and can handle a small business environment
• Able to work at home, has personal laptop, Internet connection, and phone

OPTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (NOT REQUIRED):

• Legal literacy is an advantage
• Several years’ relevant work experience
• Experience in events management, writing business proposals and project designs
• Knowledge of customer relationship management
• Exposure to financial sector development and/or microfinance, small business operations

and interested in pursuing this opportunity, please send an email to apply.financialsector@gmail.com