Executive Assistant Location: London, UK

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The role is based in Malaria Consortium’s UK office in London. Malaria Consortium operates in two main regions, being Asia and Africa and the UK office provides a management and support function to the regional management teams. The majority of Malaria Consortium’s staff are based regionally and management responsibility is devolved to the regions for programme delivery with 3 of the Global Heads based in the UK. The UK office supports specific programmes with global coverage, our global external advocacy and communications team, global HR and part of the technical team are also based here.

As part of the UK Office team, the Executive Assistant will be working closely with senior management, in particular the Executive Director and Board to ensure the best support possible for our regional teams. They will also work closely with the M&E director to manage organisational performance tracking and report on this function to senior management.
In addition to these responsibilities, the Executive Assistant will be the Office Manager for the UK, overseeing induction of new staff members, the general running of the office and supporting administrative & communication functions.

The successful candidate will have:
• Bachelor’s degree in related field, could include business, international development, public health, media/communications or equivalent experience
• INGO experience
• Organisational development experience
• Line management experience
• Project and/or organisational performance management and reporting experience
• Experience and understanding of working in a diverse setting including across cultures especially Asia and Africa
• Strong project management skills, including strategic planning
• Experience working at a senior support level preferably within an NGO environment
• Budget development and management skills
• Considerable organisational and administrative skills and experience
• Donor/client relationship management experience
• Understanding and links with organisations working in international development, institutions and the global community
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken English; another language would be an advantage
• Ability to take accurate and appropriate minutes
• Ability to follow-up with donors, partners and clients
• Ability to assist in research and preparation for presentations, reports, and policy writing

How to apply
For more information please click on the link where you will have access to the full Job Description. Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application.

We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful. Please continue, however, to periodically review our website for other suitable opportunities. Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.

As this is a UK based position it is necessary for the successful candidate to have the right to work in the UK, all applicants will be expected to present documentation verifying this right as part of the recruitment process.