Executive Assistant Job at White tree Retailis

White tree Retailis a seamless grocery shopping experience in the heart of Ikoyi, Lagos. Buy fresh produce and quality products for your home in-store or online. Whitetree Bistro - a blend of relaxation and flavours. Our Vision is Making Grocery shopping modern and inspiring for our customers in Nigeria. Our Products: When you walk through each section and aisle, you're walking through the best products in their widest ranges. Our Experience: We are completely sold out to improve your grocery shopping experience from our products, our team and our programs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Executive Assistant

Job Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time


Brief Description

  • The role entails working closely with the MD/ED and requires a clear understanding of the organization’s corporate philosophy (vision, mission, core values and brand drivers) and a demonstrable ability to play an instrumental role in achieving them.
  • It is a perfect fit for ambitious, creative and highly detailed individuals who think outside the box and have the desire and ability to learn new skills fast.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Scheduling meetings and appointments, preparing weekly itineraries, maintaining organized diaries, preparing of relevant briefs, reports and addresses.
  • Participate in Governance related engagements
  • Liaise with Regulators and Consultants
  • Scheduling virtual and non-virtual meetings
  • Manage Stakeholders relationships under direction from and on behalf of the Board
  • Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the MD
  • Prepare, maintain and securely keep all registers including members, directors, shareholders/shareholdings
  • Devising and maintaining office systems and processes, including data management, filing and retrieval system for the Executive.
  • Works closely and effectively, by keeping the MD well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, and following up appropriately.
  • Prioritizes conflicting needs; handles matter expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
  • Attending to all incoming and outgoing correspondences/mails
  • Screening and handling telephone calls, enquiries, requests for visitations as appropriate
  • Taking minutes and proceedings of important meetings where required.
  • Drafting contract, Service Level Agreements (SLA) etc. for the company.
  • Producing documents, briefing papers, reports, speeches and presentations
  • Devising and maintaining office systems and processes, including data management, filing and retrieval system etc.
  • Organizing meetings and ensuring the MD is well-prepared for meetings
  • Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and take appropriate actions
  • Organize travel itinerary for the MD
  • Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the MD's office and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with senior management staff.
  • Managing an extremely active calendar of appointments
  • Drafting and preparing confidential correspondence
  • Communicates directly, and on behalf of the CEO, with Advisory Board members, staff, and others, on matters related to CEO's initiatives.
  • Arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; and compiling documents for travel-related meetings.

Requirements / Skills & Knowledge

  • Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification with at least 5 years of work experience.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Experience as an Executive Assistant is highly important
  • Ability to manage deadlines and prioritize work
  • Excellent interpersonal skill and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good analytical, critical reasoning and strategic thinking capabilities skills
  • Multi-tasking skills to be able to meet deliver multiple deadlines in good time
  • Coordination and scheduling skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • High level of discretion and Emotional Intelligence
  • Time management skills to meet deadlines and deliver on assignments
  • Administration experience
  • Very vibrant and courteous.
  • The ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations
  • The ability to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Must possess strong presentation skills.
  • Candidates must reside around the Island or close to the island.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their recent copy of their CV and current Photograph to: careers@whitetreegourmet.com using the Job position as the subject of the email.

Note: Ideal candidate must preferably be a female and more than 30 years of age.