Executive Assistant

Key skills

Experience in managing multiple calendars and projects

Highly proficient in MS-Office suite

administration and office management

Proficiency in English communication skills

Additional/Preferred Skills

Ability to work under pressure

a good team player

strong interpersonal skills

Exposure to working with multicultural team

Preferred Qualifications

Post Graduate

administration and office management

Officer - Program Management

ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic professionals for the position of Officer - Program Management, to be based at ICRISAT's Headquarters in Patancheru, Hyderabad, India. The ideal person for the job will be proactive with exceptional communication skills and a meticulous attention to detail. The incumbent will directly report to the Leadership Team.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit ? www.icrisat.org

Responsibilities:

·Efficiently manage and provide administrative and Technical support

·Manage complex calendar and scheduling

·Represent the Director when they are not available and providing a bridge for communication between the Senior leadership teams & Stakeholders

·Manage communication between management and employees, liaising with internal and external executives on various projects, reports and tasks

·Assist the Leadership Team with reporting, headcount management, financial budgeting, in partnership with Finance and People and Culture teams

·Plan and orchestrate work to ensure the Leadership's priorities are met, organizational goals are achieved, and best practices are upheld

·Presentation Skills, Analytical Skills, Organizational skills and attention to detail Key Skills Strategy Development MIS Reports are key to the role

·Co-ordinating with Cross Functional Teams to ensure deliverables are met

·To be able to multitask with various stakeholders and coordinate for events taking place simultaneously in a high pressure environment

·Draft MOM for Executive Leadership level meetings

·Prepare presentations and reports as per requirements

·Additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

·Post Graduate in Management and Business Studies or equivalent, with at least 3 years or more years of relevant experience in Office Management and administration

·Highly proficient in MS-Office suite, with special reference to Word, PowerPoint and Excel

·Strong social media capabilities, would be an added advantage

·Experience in managing multiple calendars and projects

·Proficiency in English communication skills (both written and spoken)

Desirable:

·Ability to work under pressure, deliver under tight schedules and Uphold a strict level of confidentiality and work standards

·Should be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills

·Flexible team player willing to do what it takes to get the job done; adaptable and enjoys a challenge

·Proficiency in collaboration and delegation of duties

·Exposure to working with multicultural team

General:

This is a contractual role for a period of 36 months (3 years?).

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 14 April 2022, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer