Executive Partners at Athena

What does the role require?

Honestly, the role of an Athena Executive Partner is limitless. 

• There isn’t a ‘one description fits all’ as the role is wonderfully varied based on our clients’ needs. Athena XPs, in addition to the below day-to-day requirements, have planned weddings, organized dinner parties, forged new friendships and business relationships, developed new skills like web design, and produced podcasts - and that’s just to name a few. 

Day-to-day requirements:

• Optimize your client’s time and priorities to help them reach their ambitious goals
• Take ownership and manage calendars and scheduling 
• Research and develop plans for your client’s personal and professional growth
• Surprise and delight your client by demonstrating initiative 
• Build rapport with your client’s network and team and help to manage these important relationships 
• Drive internal and external communications, presentations, reports, and social media

What is needed to have a successful career as an Athena XP?

• Whilst we invest in your training and development, you will need to provide your own device.
• Upon successful completion of your training, you will be issued an Athena MacBook.
• RAM minimum: 8GB (however 16GB is recommended)
• For Laptop: 8th generation (8000 series) Core i5 or better; AMD Ryzen series processors
• For Desktop: Ryzen 5 3000 series and above. If Core i3 - 10th generation or higher.
• For Mac: Core i5 - 2017 or higher Core i7 - 2016 or higher (not recommended : Core i3)
• Residing in Nairobi, Kenya
• Internet connection: Download speed - 30 Mbps minimum; Upload speed - 15 Mbps minimum
• Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) at a time that suits your client (often US timezones)
• Working knowledge of Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides) and productivity and project management tools/apps
• Preferably experienced with online/remote/virtual work, however not essential
• A charismatic ‘can-do’ attitude
•  A police clearance is required for successful candidates and should be readily available once identified for the role.

Who are we looking for?

• The Athena business is growing and it’s a very exciting time to join (not just because we have an annual conference in beautiful parts of the world to celebrate our success!) but because we have created a business that cares about people - and we want to help them to become the best they can be.
• We have intentionally set a very high standard for our XPs and our culture is also of a high standard of performance (but so is our fun facto!).
• We are excited to offer career opportunities to people who:
• Has experience working on US timezone shifts.
• Are motivated by impact and driven by wanting to help others  
• Embody trust and dependability
• Can tackle complex problems and offer creative solutions
• Take pride in the quality of their work and in constantly improving
• Foster a strong desire to learn and develop 
• Have deep emotional and social intelligence