Executive Assistant (Senior Level)
OutsideCapital · Durban
Job description
About the role
This senior‑level Executive Assistant position supports a key business owner within a fast‑growing continental group. The role demands absolute trust, autonomy, and the ability to manage both complex business priorities and sensitive personal matters.
Key responsibilities
- Manage a constantly shifting, multi‑time‑zone diary and prioritize competing business demands.
- Act as the primary liaison, filtering and directing communications between the executive and internal/external stakeholders.
- Prepare high‑quality executive materials, including detailed reports, presentations, and meeting packs.
- Coordinate local and international travel, ensuring seamless itineraries and logistics.
- Handle all correspondence with professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
- Track critical actions, follow up rigorously, and ensure timely delivery of commitments.
- Manage highly sensitive personal matters with sound judgment.
- Anticipate future needs, identify potential roadblocks, and implement effective resolutions independently.
Required profile
- 8–10+ years supporting a senior executive, business owner, or MD equivalent.
- Proven success in a demanding, fast‑paced environment with consistently high standards.
- Exceptional organisational and time‑management skills under pressure.
- Unwavering reliability, discretion, and mature professional judgment.
- Clear, confident written and verbal communication.
- Ability to engage and build rapport with senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated independence and proactive problem‑solving.
Required skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
What we offer
- Direct exposure to executive decision‑making across a diverse group structure.
- Opportunity to influence strategic priorities in a dynamic, expanding organization.
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OutsideCapital
Durban