Living Goods
Job Vacancy: Personal
Assistant / Office Administrator
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Reports: Country Director, Kenya
About Living Goods: Living Goods seeks to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers by revolutionizing the way community health is delivered in the developing world.
About Living Goods: Living Goods seeks to improve the lives of tens of millions of underserved customers by revolutionizing the way community health is delivered in the developing world.
The Opportunity: Living Goods (LG)
is entering a phase of rapid scaling. Ambitious goals call for a broad range of
skills and personalities to work seamlessly together, a mission the Senior
Leadership Team in Kenya strongly believe in.
We are seeking an innovative and passionate
individual, as the Personal Assistant (PA) to the Country Director and to
support the wider senior leadership team.
This is a tremendous opportunity for someone early in their career to learn how organizations operate.
This is a tremendous opportunity for someone early in their career to learn how organizations operate.
The right candidate will be innovative with
an ambition to build a career in a successful organisation capable of managing
multiple priorities and have a track record of delivering results in a
fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
PA
·
Manage
the Country Director’s diary and schedule meetings and appointments
·
Make
travel arrangements
·
Act
as the point of contact for external parties
·
Meet
and greet visitors of all levels of seniority, and ensure meeting space is
available
·
Ensure
the Country Director is well prepared for meetings
·
Carry
out background research and present findings
·
Liaise
with other staff members as required
·
Handle
requests and queries as appropriate
Senior Leadership Team support
·
Manage
the front office to ensure that reception services including telephones,
visitors, distribution of packages and e-mails are provided in a professional
manner.
·
Support
travel arrangements for the Senior Leadership team for domestic and
international travel, and for visitor travel including flights, hotel room
reservation and visas.
·
Maintain
staff movement schedule information and calendar of key activities.
·
Support
planning and preparation of Senior Leadership meetings and workshops (logistics
and preparation of meeting room and documents as requested).
·
Manage
correspondence with partners, stakeholders and various branch offices.
·
Provide
clerical support (photo copy and printing documents) to Senior Leadership as
requested.
Qualifications:
·
A
Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Secretarial, Commerce
or related field.
·
At
least one (1) year of related experience in a fast paced working environment is
preferred.
·
Experience
working with international organizations is a plus.
·
Discretion
and confidentiality
·
High
level of IT literacy, including experience using ERP systems and the Microsoft
Office suite
·
Flexibility
and ability to multi-task and to prioritize daily workload.
·
Excellent
planning and organizational skills
·
Exceptional
oral and written communication skills. Fluency in English is a must.
Compensation: A competitive
salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health
insurance and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while
making lives better for those in need.
What is Living Goods? Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights.
What is Living Goods? Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights.
Living Goods seeks nothing less than a
disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through networks of
franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power
and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to
the people who need them most.
By combining the best practices from the
worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of
underserved communities.
Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.
Life at Living Goods: Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day.
Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, The Economist, and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our press page.
Life at Living Goods: Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day.
If you work well in a dynamic, highly
collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues,
if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm
determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods.
See www.livinggoods.org/principles.
How to Apply
How to Apply
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apply for this position online through our applicant tracking system.
Successful applicants will be contacted for
an interview.
For more information about Living Goods, please visit:www.livinggoods.org
For more information about Living Goods, please visit:www.livinggoods.org