Assistant to Africa and Europe Directors at Meliore Foundation

How You'll Contribute

• Manage Africa and Europe Directors' calendars and logistics including scheduling meetings, coordinating attendees across multiple time zones and effectively handling changes.
• Assist in the drafting, formatting and editing of complex internal documents (e.g. papers, presentations, etc.).
• Plan and book international travel as needed.
• Retrieve and process expenses for Europe-based and Africa-based Directors.
• Support the Leadership Team Office and the CEO office with wider ad hoc administrative and project tasks (e.g. team meetings, internal communications, event planning, etc.), including the contribution to a standardised delivery of excellence and reliability.
• Undertake other reasonable duties as requested.

Our ideal candidate has

• Proven 1-2 years of work experience in a similar administrative position, ideally working in a busy international environment.
• Demonstrates growth-mindset with a strong commitment to continuous learning and adaptability, embracing challenges and feedback as opportunities for growth and improvement
• A proactive and autonomous approach with creative problem-solving skills and the flexibility to effectively deal with last-minute changes.
• Familiarity with meeting coordination and stakeholder management.
• Excellent planning skills, attention to detail, diligence and reliability.
• A high level of discretion when working with confidential information at all levels.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, our working language; French and German an asset an asset.
• A genuine interest in and passion for addressing climate change.
• The disposition to work generously with colleagues in a high-trust global community of peers.
• The versatile and adaptable skills necessary to flourish in a fast-paced and wide-ranging work environment and work across time zones using tools such as Zoom, Slack, Asana and email (Google Workspace).
• A commitment to an inclusive and empowering approach to facing climate change