Job Opportunities in New Zealand

Responsibilities

• Calendar Management
• Gathering, preparing, and providing meeting materials (e.g., agendas, briefings, pre-reads).
• Using judgment and knowledge of business context to identify and provide delegates for meeting conflicts as needed, makes decisions around prioritization and keeps manager informed.
• Collaborating with peers (e.g., Chiefs of Staff, Business Managers, Human Resources) to enable decision making processes.
• Engaging with leader and stakeholders/business partners to cascade information as needed.
• Managing ambiguous situations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration and Communication
• Team Management Support (Headcount Management, Recruitment, Onboarding/ Offboarding)
• Event Coordination and Logistics
• Project Ownership - Balancing multiple projects end to end with varying deadlines, while maintaining executional and operational excellence within the business and across business groups as applicable
• Resource Management (Hardware/Supply Management, Purchase/Expense Management Financial Management)
• Understanding and helping to implement rhythm of business (ROB) in line with recognized patterns, and proactively takes action on business cadence
• End to End Travel Management

Qualifications

• 7+ years Administrative, Business Support, or customer service experience in an environment with an emphasis on scheduling meetings/events, travel management, and administration work for executive/upper level management.

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Human Resources [HR], Marketing, Communications, Psychology, Sociology)

• 2+ years experience serving as mentor to others.
• 3+ years experience reviewing and managing administrative budgets (e.g., for events, morale, travel, training).

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