Renowned as one of Europe’s largest international business schools, our client seeks an experienced and professional individual to join their office staff in Rotterdam. Personal Assistant (PA) Job Description Responsibilities include full secretarial support to the Dean.
Manage and maintain the Dean’s agenda
Registration of incoming mail
Responsible for Dean’s travel arrangements (flights/hotels etc.)
Maintain contact list in database
Regular minute taking during meetings where both English and Dutch will be spoken
Supporting business and social events
Ad-hoc support within team
Requirements
Experienced Secretary and/or PA
Experience in working within an international environment
Fluent in English with a good working knowledge of Dutch, or vice versa.
Fully competent PC skills, in particular MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Key skills
Service oriented, flexible and assertive individual
Being able to prioritise, quick to respond and adapt to changing priorities
Excellent time management skills
Works well within a team
Dear Mr/ms
Re: Personal Assistant position
Please accept this letter as application for the position of personal assistant at International business school, as advertised on 8 October 2013.
I am a highly motivated and organised professional with 2 years experience as a PA and 3 years experience in office administration.
In my current role as PA to the deputy director of the Intensive Care Unit at Erasmus Hospital, I am accustomed to working in a high-pressure environment where accuracy and attention to detail are essential. I am responsible for coordinating the ICU doctors’ and nurses’ rosters, monitoring all of the deputy director’s ingoing and outgoing communications, and attending to all of her other administrative needs. This role requires a high degree of professionalism, maturity, loyalty, confidentiality and the ability to