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Better Cooking Company – Executive Assistant.

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About Us

Better Cooking Company is a renewable energy clean cooking startup focused on the consumer market in Africa. Better Cooking Company (BCC) is introducing a modern, delightful, and clean way to cook at home. Enjoy the experience of quality cooking on LPG at the price of charcoal. BCC is now offering Kenyans the chance to save money while they enjoy clean and safe cooking.

We are looking for an executive assistant to serve as extra help and a “catch all” to work that the executive team is working on.

Our ideal candidate will enhance office effectiveness and efficiency by managing multiple priorities, anticipating needs, and helping to resolve day-to-day issues. The ideal candidate is a professional who takes initiative, pays attention to detail, has exceptional problem-solving skills, and possesses the ability to adapt on the fly.

You will wear A LOT of different hats including:

  1. Working directly with company leadership to help manage their communications and schedules.
  2. Help optimize and assist with several things on the operations side (dealing with vendors, shipping companies, logistics, ordering promotional material etc).
  3. Anticipating the needs of senior management to ensure they have the resources they need to effectively and efficiently do their jobs.

Personal And Professional Qualifications

  • 8+ years’ experience supporting C-level Executives or other high office roles
  • Advanced skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Outlook efficiency
  • Comfortability working in a very fast environment, with the ability to pivot and remain calm in stressful situations
  • Ability to quickly understand and prioritize support for COO, making decisions in their best interest
  • Highest level of professional maturity
  • Advanced verbal and written communication skills for drafting response emails, communication plan for staff after a key event (ex. strategy sessions, staff meetings)
  • Exceptional calendar management skills with the ability to use good judgment
  • Proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential material and information with discretion
  • Able to judge the relative importance of issues and act independently to address them
  • Act as a true gatekeeper and proactively manage the COO’s professional life
  • Manage and organize professional correspondence and inbox
  • A self-starter who can take initiative on their own
  • Open to challenges that come with a high-growth start-up with evolving processes ever-changing and needs
  • A strong verbal and written communicator

Strengths Include:

  • Exceptional organization and time management
  • Previous experience working with leaders of companies in a fast-paced environment
  • Efficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Impeccable written and verbal etiquette displayed through email, mail and over the phone correspondences
  • Ability to take direction while prioritizing tasks
  • Proactive problem solver
  • Comfortable being a resource for the office and team

*This opportunity is based in Nairobi, Kenya and you will be reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer. *

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