Bilingual Executive Assistant - (French and English) - Cement Industry at Dangote

Job Summary

Supporting and contributing to the Line Manager's success

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting the Executive in the organization of his daily responsibilities: meetings, appointments, filtering of mails, writing of reports and mails, etc.
• Interpreting and implementing policies, procedures and computer applications related to the organizational unit.
• Analyzing and resolving office administrative and procedural problems.
• Performing basic research and preparing reports and recommendations.
• Organizing own work, coordinating projects, setting priorities, meeting deadlines and following up on assignments with a minimum supervision.
• Using initiative and independent judgement within established policy and procedural guidelines.
• Providing complex office administrative support in the areas of procurement, budgeting, report preparation and staff communication.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Line Manager.

Academics:

• Minimum of Bachelors Degree or HND in Secretarial Studies or Languages and other relevant discipline
• 5 to 9 years related job experience.
• Bilingual certification (English & French) is an advantage.

Skills and Competencies:

• Proven experience as an Executive Assistant.
• In-depth understanding of entire MS Office suite.
• Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities.
• Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills.
• Professional level verbal and written communications skills.
• Fluency in both French and English is a must.