Executive Assistant

Job description / Role

This global professional services employer is an organisation that values its employees and creates clear development plans and opportunities for them across all levels of seniority. In addition, there is also an above market rate benefits package and due to this, it is expected that you are a career Executive Assistant with a minimum of 4-5 years’ experience of supporting those at a Senior Management or C-suite level in a diverse and fast paced global environment.

Working closely to support up to 6 Management Consultants and reporting to the Senior EA Team in Dubai alongside the Senior Manager is Doha, you will ensure your Consultants are fully organized with complex diary management, global travel itineraries and all associated documents. This is a fast paced and dynamic environment and it is imperative that you can be flexible in your approach to the role, fully committed and able manage highly confidential and fast changing movements for the Consultants. You will be a consummate professional and able to anticipate the Consultants’ needs and be a strong problem solver, taking decisions to maximise their time and efficiencies. You will also act as a gate keeper to field calls and emails and where possible, resolve any queries at the initial stage to manage the Consultants workload effectively.

Requirements

The successful candidate for this Executive Assistant in Doha will possess strong IT skills, including excel and PowerPoint and be educated to degree level. Our client is seeking a highly professional EA with a minimum of 4 years’ experience across the Middle East region. Those with previous professional services experience and excellent English language skills are considered highly advantageous for this fantastic opportunity to join a global leader. Our client represents a global management organisation with over 80 offices across the world. The organisation prides itself on their adaptability and work ethics to ensure they attract clients from a wide range of industry sectors including energy, financial services, health care, private equity and telecoms and as such this role can offer great career growth.

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.