Athena Looking for Executive Assistant (Shillong, India) at Shillong, Meghalaya Full Time

What does the role require?

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

There isn’t a ‘one description fits all’ as the role is wonderfully varied based on our client’s needs. Athena EAs, 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:

• Liaise, coordinate, and negotiate with external vendors
• Conduct ocular inspections on behalf of the client
• 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 EA?

• Must be a resident of Shillong, India
• Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written
• Working knowledge of Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides) and productivity and project management tools/apps
• 3-5 years of experience with leasing preferably of larger commercial/retail/residential properties
• Working knowledge of technical jargon in corporate real estate
• Working knowledge of travel management
• Must be available to travel for work when needed
• Experience/background in interior design/build-out/construction is a plus but not required
• You will need to provide your own device.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)

• Internet connection: 10 Mbps minimum
• Must be open to a hybrid work orientation
• Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) at a time that suits your client
• Preferably experienced with online/remote/virtual work, however not essential
• Must be comfortable with liaising and coordinating with external vendors in person or via other means

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 EAs 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:

• 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

What do we offer?

First and foremost, we offer ongoing support through your Athena EA journey. Together with ongoing learning and development opportunities, we have a dynamic network of EAs who connect with one another on a daily basis to brainstorm, share information and assist when help is needed (many of whom are now great friends!).

Our global leadership team prides itself on recognizing and rewarding high-performing colleagues and also on building balanced and fulfilling careers within Athena.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Flexible shift
• Monday to Friday