Assistant Administrator

Cooper Fitch

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: GP932-638

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A leading client in Abu Dhabi are looking for an Assistant Administrator to join their team supporting the director.

There are currently two positions vacant, one requires the candidate to be fluent in Arabic and the other role requires the candidate to be fluent in English.

• Control of business schedule
• Drafting of correspondence
• Diary management
• Maintain calendars for CIO, arranging internal and external meetings
• Act as ‘gatekeeper’ for diary and pro-actively ensure diaries do not have clashes
• Extensive verbal and written interaction with your Banker’s external clients
• Arrange conference calls, rooms, AV equipment, dial in numbers and video conference facilities
• Co-ordinate and book all travel including flights, hotels, currency, taxis, office access etc
• Visa Arrangement - Arrange when required
• Process monthly expenses in a timely manner
• Printing and collating all meeting documentation as required
• Provide admin support for any ad hoc team projects e.g. off sites, on sites, social events, etc
• Ad-hoc personal work
• Devise and maintain processes to facilitate an organised environment

Requirements

Key Skills:

• Must have team assistant experience working within financial services
• Confident, professional, outgoing "people orientated" personality required
• Ability to be able to remain calm under pressure
• Pro-active ‘can do’ approach
• Ability to use own initiative and judgment
• Highly organised and capable of multi-tasking to meet deadlines
• Large amount of flexibility e.g. a willingness to work overtime
• Articulate; an effective communicator
• Excellent attention to detail

Please note there will be English and Arabic tests before interview stage. Please do not apply if you feel you will score under 65% in either.

About the Company

At Cooper Fitch, we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We provide recruitment, executive search and human resources advisory services to thousands of clients across the Middle East, we have been delivering services in the region since 1997. Our team is your team, we firmly believe in delivering first class committed search services. It is our mission to help build the best talent in the market. Our services are tailored to your every need, we have spent nearly twenty years developing an extensive database of top tier talent in the region. We also aim to help you protect and retain your people with our world-class assessment, testing and advisory facilities. We provide both valuable market updates and compensation and benefits analysis to complete the full spectrum of human resources services.

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