With 160 volunteers worldwide, BCI as a voluntary organisation is delighted to recruit new VOLUNTEERS to fill the role of Personal Assistant to Director-General.
Your responsibilities will include:
- To handle external correspondence for the Director-General;
- To manage and monitor incoming and outgoing email correspondence, responding and redirecting mail items to directorate officers as necessary, ensuring replies are issued within corporate deadlines and to standard;
- To schedule high-level meetings for the Director-General;
- To provide cover to Divisional Secretaries on an ad hoc basis;
- To work with the Senior Administrative Officer to ensure the smooth running of the Director-General’s Office;
- To implement and manage new administrative processes where appropriate;
- To undertake factual research as required;
- To support general resource management duties and occasionally help coordinate cross-divisional programmes; and
- To support the Director-General during conferences and events.
Requirements
Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent oral communication skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships, work flexibly across professional and operational boundaries, and communicate professionally with internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent English writing
- Close attention to details
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to balance competing work demands
- Ability to support technology-enabled meetings e.g. video conferencing, skype, digital conference calls
- High attention to detail and proven experience of managing sensitive data
- Conscientious but proactive approach
- Solution orientated and confident style
- Experience of working in high-pressure environment and delivering to tight deadlines
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Outlook
- Some knowledge on topics central to the BCI such as climate change, climate finance and blockchain technology preferred.
Relevant Experience:
- Proven experience working in a similar role is essential, preferably acquired in a fast-moving growth environment.
Benefits
What's in it for the volunteer?
- Your mind will be mentally stimulated, hence providing you a sense of purpose;
- You will advance and boost your professional career by helping you to make professional connections and giving you real-world experience at the intersection between climate and emerging technologies; and
- Help you develop long-lasting professional relationships with others. People who come together to make the world a better place forge close connection.