Personal Assistant at Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting

JOB SUMMARY

As a Personal Assistant, you will be an instrumental part of your manager / boss’s role in  providing invaluable  support to them with the day-to-day running of the home and their personal matters as well as supported by administrative and secretarial work.

Personal Assistant responsibilities

• Acting as a first point of contact: dealing with correspondence and phone calls.

• Managing diaries and organising meetings and appointments. 

• Booking and arranging travel, transport and accommodation.

• Organising events and conferences.

• Reminding the manager/executive of important tasks and deadlines.

• Typing, compiling and preparing reports, presentations and correspondence.

• Managing databases and filing systems.

• Implementing and maintaining procedures/administrative systems.

• Conducting research on behalf of the manager.

• Organising the manager’s personal commitments including travel or childcare.

• Managing petty cash and handling simple financial transactions

• Running a variety of errands on behalf of the manager - including shopping , sourcing items etc

• Managing business and personal errands (such as personal payroll, logistics coordination etc) and performing general administrative tasks.

• Performing basic research for the manager on a wide variety of topics.

• Making calls and drafting communications on behalf of the manager

• Tracking various household expenses and related matters and creating more seamless ways to do such things

• Assisting with PowerPoint presentation

• Assisting with Excel spreadsheets

• Creating and managing schedules for household staff, children, food menus and other related home affairs.

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR ROLE

• 4-5 years proven work experience as a Personal Assistant.

• Bsc in any Discipline.

• Discretion and trustworthiness: you will often be a party of confidential information.

• Flexibility and adaptability.

• Good oral and written communication skills.

• Organisational skills and the ability to multitask.

• The ability to be proactive and take the initiative.

• Communication skills.

• Very strong skills in Ms. Word, Ms Excel and PowerPoint

• Must be comfortable using social media