Personal Assistant

The Role
Irwin & Dow are recruiting a Personal Assistant for our UHNW client who has recently relocated his private office to the region. The role will provide the highest level of strategic operational support, occasional business travel, providing research and assisting with speech writing, brief taking and attending meetings with him. Additionally, the role will oversee all aspects of his and his family’s private life and you will be holding a valued and trusted position. The role will be diverse, one minute working on a new strategy or business proposal, and the next on household and staff management and renovations. There will be an element of support to the wider family, research into private holidays, liaison with schools (both internationally and in UAE) and oversight of all family’s diaries, ensuring the principal has family time as much as possible. We are seeking a high achiever, someone who is ambitious and wants to develop themselves and become a valued member of staff. Principle is a highly successful entrepreneur who is dynamic and engaging; driven with exacting standards in terms of attention to detail and time management. The role is highly project driven and candidates should be able to demonstrate the ability to manage feasibility reports, design phases of the projects and mange budgets accordingly. The principle does travel extensively and as stated on occasion the PA will be required to travel with him. Travel however is well planned; you will be responsible for this advance planning and all logistics and scheduling. This will be a 24/7 commitment but as such, will be highly rewarded with independence in the role. There are many opportunities to grow and make an impact within the business, but it is imperative that the private support is maintained to the highest service standards. Due to the nature of this role, we are seeking candidates with no external commitments, who are meticulous in their presentation, as they will represent the principle at meetings and act in his stead on occasion .English must be your first language and you should be comfortable in engaging with people at all levels and be highly politically and culturally aware.

Requirements
This will be a 24/7 commitment but as such, will be highly rewarded with independence in the role. There are many opportunities to grow and make an impact within the business, but it is imperative that the private support is maintained to the highest service standards. Due to the nature of this role, we are seeking candidates with no external commitments, who are meticulous in their presentation, as they will represent the principle at meetings and act in his stead on occasion .English must be your first language and you should be comfortable in engaging with people at all levels and be highly politically and culturally aware.

About the company
Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function. We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNCs, government & semi -government entities, SMEs, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework. Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties. Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.