Senior Personal Assistant at Oxfam GB

Location: New Delhi, India
Last Date: June 18, 2010
Email: sarmcvac@oxfam.org.uk

Senior Personal Assistant (Oxfam GB)
New Delhi, India
INR 534,600 gross per annum + national level benefits, open-ended contract

What you’ll be doing
As the first point of contact for the Regional Director, you will provide a full range of professional administrative and secretarial support. You will deal with confidential information and sensitive issues reliably and respond to incoming mail on behalf of the Regional Director. You will also be required to attend, and where appropriate minute meetings, write conference papers, notes and action points on behalf of the Regional Director. You will be required to coordinate the flow of information between the Regional Director and the region and to ensure that issues are delegated appropriately. Additionally your role will include the diary management for the Regional Director and ensuring that the Regional Director is kept briefed during their absences from the office and on their return. As part of providing executive support you will develop contacts and manage external appointments for the Regional Director throughout the region, including government officials and other key stakeholders. An integral part of the role will be to manage travel arrangements as well as associated administration tasks.

What we are looking for?
The ideal candidate will have a degree in Business Administration and with substantial experience in providing executive and/or personal assistant support in a similar role. You will ring a mature, calm and professional approach to a role that demands excellent communication skills and understanding of protocol, together with exceptional diplomacy, judgement and initiative. Excellent written and spoken English is a pre-requisite for this role.

Who we are
A simple, inescapable truth underlines everything we do at Oxfam. There’s enough wealth in this world to go around. It’s not unfortunate that people live in poverty. It’s unjustifiable. It’s not just their problem. It’s ours too. And with the right support, we can beat poverty and injustice. Thousands of people already commit their time and talents to our campaigning, humanitarian and long-term development projects. Now we’re looking for yours.

At Oxfam we are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equity within our organisation and strongly welcome applications from women and under represented groups. Oxfam does not discriminate against applicants or employees based on their HIV/AIDS status.

To apply
Send your application by email at sarmcvac@oxfam.org.uk clearly quoting the job title in the subject line of your email.

Closing Date: 18 June 2010.

*Applications will be short-listed on a regular basis before the closing date.