Job offer: Executive Assistant

Our client is a privately held investment fund focused on unlocking funding and growth opportunities for African and Africa-focused start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Job Overview
The Executive Assistant will be a key member of the team and provide crucial support to the Founding Partners. They must be creative and enjoy working within a small and entrepreneurial environment. The ideal individual will be able to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative, and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. This role will give you the opportunity to both engage with entrepreneurs and investors and learn about the African start-up ecosystem, venture capital and fund investment activities.
You must enjoy building and sustaining professional relationships with our ecosystem of start-ups, entrepreneurs and partners in order, whilst simultaneously promoting and implementing brand consistency and maximum effort and efficiency.

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare portfolio or fund related documentation including presentation decks, financial spreadsheets, agenda material and reports.
  
• Handle sensitive and confidential inbound or outbound information and other requests
  
• Maintain and manage Founding Partners’ schedule by coordinating, planning and scheduling calls and meetings across different timezones and teams. This includes event management, conference registration and speaking engagements.
  
• Attend meetings and take notes, capturing and following up on any action items and next steps.
  
• Coordinate and manage domestic and international travel arrangements for the Founding Partners with attention to detail while balancing cost efficiency with travel flexibility.
  
• Prioritize conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows- through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
  
• Other additional and/or alternative duties as assigned from time to time, including supporting other departments or Executives as needed.
  

Job Qualifications

•  Minimum 2-4 years experience
  
•  Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business or related fields.
  
•  Excellent written communication and verbal presentation skills, with the ability to maintain confidentiality about sensitive information   related to the work of the Managing Partner and the overall organization.
  
•  Positive and high-energy: you bring your best self to work every day.
  
•  Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.
  
•  Excellent organizational & management skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention   to details.
  
•  Comfortable flagging issues (including your own errors - no one is perfect!) as soon as you see them - and quick to come up with   solutions.
  
•  Proficient in Microsoft office suite and handling of virtual meeting platforms
  
•  Very strong interpersonal skills, able to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, investment committee, investors, founders   and external partners.
  
•  Flexibility to provide support during off-hours as needed in an international environment.