Executive Assistant Job at Klasha

Klasha makes it easy for African consumers to shop online. We build technology that allows African consumers to easily access the goods they want on the continent. We enable payments online in local African currencies and can handle the last-mile logistics for our retail partners too. Statistically, Africa is the future, so we believe consumers on the continent should have the same frictionless access to the global e-commerce economy as consumers in the West.

Klasha was founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2018 and is backed by Techstars, Ginco Investments and a group of notable angel investors. Klasha is run by 20-somethings from five nationalities that speak six different languages between them. Klasha has offices in Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Executive Assistant

Job Location: Lagos

About the Role

• We are looking for an executive assistant to perform a variety of administrative tasks and support our company’s senior-level managers.
• Executive assistant’s responsibilities include managing calendars, and preparing expense reports.
• To be successful in this role, you should be well organized, have great time management skills, and should be able to act without guidance.
• Ultimately, you would contribute to the efficiency of our business by providing personalized and timely support to executive team members

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of contact among executives, employees, clients and other external partners
• Manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner
• Manage executives’ calendars and set up meetings
• Make travel and accommodation arrangements
• Vet information for internal and external communication – agreements, emails, presentations, reports
• Take minutes during meetings with external partners
• Rack daily expenses and prepare weekly, monthly or quarterly reports
• Oversee the implementation of other administrative duties
• Act as an office manager by keeping up with office supplies inventory and reports
• Screen and direct phone calls and distribute correspondence.

Requirements
You should apply if you have:

• Work experience as an executive assistant, personal assistant, or similar position
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills
• Familiarity with office gadgets and applications(google calendar, asana, slack etc)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Discretion and confidentiality

Key Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• People skills
• Problem solving
• Multitasking
• Organizational skills
• Persuasion