Assistant

As this role involves collaboration with international teams, we kindly ask that you submit your resume in English

Purpose of the Job 

The Assistant provides administrative support to staff, including project related support and travel arrangements.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

• Handle external and internal communication, providing a professional front office service, ensuring that enquiries get to the correct EBRD staff member.
• Manage the diaries and itineraries of Bankers, ensuring the smooth running of the office and key stakeholder’s schedules. 
• Organising conference calls, video conferences, external and internal meetings;
• Travel arrangements for various business trips, including visa arrangements, security clearances, and logistical support in country;
• Working with visiting missions and project teams
• Providing administrative support in project preparation, due diligence and monitoring incl. liaison with Technical Assistance teams;
• Document collection and processing, updating and maintaining internal project related systems, maintaining the filing system to ensure instant retrieval of up-to-date information;
• Assist in the organisation of workshops and seminars, preparing presentations for internal and external meetings;
• Ad-hoc other secretarial and administrative duties when required.
• Managing petty cash payments

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Academic Qualifications

• Higher education
• Native Arabic

• Fluent English, with excellent written and oral communication skills

Experience/Knowledge

• Secretarial and administrative experience essential
• Good organisational skills, timely, proactive and flexible attitude to work essential.

• Ability to prioritise own work and to work on own initiative.
• Good interpersonal and communications skills
• Attention to detail and eye for accuracy
• Ability to build effective working relationships with clients and colleagues in a multicultural environment
• Willing to work overtime as and when required, sometimes at short notice.
• Ability to exercise judgment on and deal discretely with confidential/sensitive information and data.

Technical Skills

• Computer literate: Windows XP: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint 

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in. 

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital  transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does.  A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.  As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).