Executive Assistant and Team Support Officer Vacancy at ActionAid in Central London,UK

Post:Executive Assistant and Team Support Officer
Organization: ActionAid  
Location:Central London
Salary:£27,464pa

 Executive Assistant and Team Support Officer

Fixed Term Contract for 3 months

At ActionAid we are delivering a bold strategy to provide sustained improvements to the poorest and most excluded people in the world. It means we’re creating fantastic career opportunities for experienced sector professionals who want to be part of an organisation that is making a real difference. Join our action to end poverty now and be part of something truly amazing.

Our International Humanitarian Action and Resilience Team (IHART) will rely on you to provide support to the team. You will offer business support to this multi-located team, supporting team meetings and plans. You will manage and priorities the Head of IHART’s diary as well as coordinate logistics from scheduling and preparing meetings to answering calls and organizing travel. You will take and circulate minutes that will inform the organization about emergencies and crises work at the most senior levels, and carry out general admin duties that will help to ensure that the department runs smoothly. In this support role, you will be expected to get involved with the content of the emergencies and crises work, doing desk based research and providing information to support the team’s work.

Your extensive admin and executive support experience should mean you’re adept at project management and can be trusted to use your initiative. Highly organised and hawk-like in your attention to detail, you can keep several projects on track at a time. Great at touch typing, you are a whiz on the PC, with an advanced knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You also like to be busy and enjoy working with people from a range of cultural backgrounds.

Meet this description and you will enjoy this role as part of the ActionAid family. Visit our website and apply via the link.

Closing date: 19th September 2013

Are you the right person for the job? Please read this carefully before you apply. Please address the person specification in your application point by point and in detail as it enables us to identify the skills, knowledge and experience you have to be able to do the job effectively. Please check your application and make sure you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification, in addition your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria. If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please don’t apply as we only invite candidates for an interview if they meet the essential criteria listed on the job description. Thank you for your understanding.

To be considered for this role, you must be able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Recruitment consultancies/agencies should not approach ActionAid with regards to open vacancies. We regret that agency candidates will not be considered.

ActionAid welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity. Reg. Charity No: 274467
Closing date: 19 Sep 2013

How to apply: 
http://reliefweb.int/job/600252/executive-assistant-and-team-support-officer