Durban
1 day ago
Executive Administrative Assistant to CEO

Executive Administrative Assistant to the CEO

Do you enjoy supporting Senior Leaders?

Would you love a varied role in our collaborative team?>

About our Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

As an Executive Administrative Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the CEO of the organisation, exercising high integrity, confidentiality, tact and diplomacy. Having a great understanding of our key functions, you will be a crucial part of our teams. With such a varied workload, no day will ever be the same!

Responsibilities

•    Answering and taking action on email and telephone inquiries.
•    Preparing correspondence, reports, presentations and bespoke projects.
•    Providing administrative support directly to executives, anticipating business needs, and exercising confidentiality.
•    Maintaining files, records, calendars and diaries; arranging business travel, coordinating meeting arrangements, processing invoices and tracking expenses.
•    Supporting the arrangement of events including assistance with sourcing venues, team building activities and logistics planning.
•    Managing and maintaining the CEO’s diary and ensuring their full preparation for all meetings and engagements with relevant briefing notes and presentations.
•    Meeting and greeting CEO’s guests and ensure they are looked after.
•    Participating in the development and implementation of secretarial/administrative standards, policies and practices for the organization.

Requirements

•    Have proven experience as an Executive Personal Assistant preferably to senior leadership
•    Have great verbal and written skills, able to communicate complex information professionally and engage with c-level executives.
•    Have solid knowledge of Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and good general IT skills.
•    Be able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills when dealing with multiple priorities and be able to think analytically.
•    Be a natural problem solver, able to collaborate with your team to resolve issues.
•    Be a self-starter and able to work independently.
•    Have substantial experience within an administrative, professional services or similar environment.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

•    Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

•    Medical Aid
•    Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
•    Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
•    Study Leave

About the Business

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

LexisNexis, a division of RELX, is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form: https://forms.office.com/r/eVgFxjLmAK , or please contact 1-855-833-5120.

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