Personal Assistant

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Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Providing the highest level of support, including picking up tasks beyond direct administrative responsibilities and taking a keen interest in the subject matter involved. Be able to assist a team and manage, anticipate, and resolve issues, juggle priorities, work in a fast-paced and demanding environment and demonstrate an interest and/or aptitude for the broader external affairs environment. Individual driven to get the best out of senior internal and external stakeholders in an efficient and diplomatic nature.

Administration & Support

• Performs administrative duties for an executive, including presentations, notes and other tasks.
• Coordinates resources to gather information and may prepare first draft of various reports.
• Prepares presentations with little input from senior.
• Communicating and escalating important issues within the business appropriately.
• Required to investigate and research various ad-hoc business-issues and developments.
• Required to respond timeously and professionally to a variety of client requests and stakeholder requests.
• Acts as a first point of contact dealing with correspondence and calls.
• Organizes face to face and digital events and conferences, event planning
• Ensures senior is equipped with necessary documentation to proceed with meetings.

Relationship Building

• Builds and maintains relationships with executives and senior management.
• High level of contact with external parties, stakeholders and clients as required.

Communication and Engagement

• Prepares documentation on behalf of BU leaders.
• Supports the project management of key events on behalf of the BU leader, hosting internal and external guests.

Personal Effectiveness

• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks, and output quality.
• Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
• Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
• Accepts and lives the Company values.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Financial or Commercial (or any other relevant) degree plus strong management experience.
• Experience liaising at a Senior Management level.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent command of the English language, both in communication ability and in drafting skills.

• A self-starter, showing strong action orientation, with excellent organizational, planning and prioritizing skills.
  • Assuming responsibility and accountability for the successful completion of tasks and maintains a high standard of excellence.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Displays strong attention to detail, high level of accuracy in his/her work and is able to perform under pressure.
  • Strong project management skills/ability to see projects completed.
  • Experience in stakeholder management and liaising at a Senior Management level.
  • Solid interpersonal skills, showing an ability to work through influence rather than control; and is able to interact at all levels to facilitate the delivery of decisions.
  • Strong ability to build and maintain relationships and networks.
  • Ability to work both in a team and independently.
  • Be reliable, have integrity and display a professional approach. 
  • Maintains confidentiality of all information, both from internal and external sources.
  • Business awareness.
  • Information monitoring.
  • Initiating action.

• In addition to knowledge, skills and experience relating to the incumbent’s area of business expertise, emphasis will be placed on planning and organizing skills as well as excellence in communication (written and verbal), engagement and interpersonal skills as the successful incumbent will be required to assist with speech writing, media pieces, events management, and business representation.
• A broad understanding of our industry, organisation, products, intermediaries and customers would be an advantage.

We are seeking a highly adaptable and self-motivated Executive PA to Managing Director, Old Mutual Investment Group. The incumbent will provide the highest level of support, including picking up tasks beyond direct administrative responsibilities and taking a keen interest in the subject matter involved. The incumbent must be able to assist a team and manage, anticipate, and resolve issues, juggle priorities, work in a fast-paced and demanding environment and demonstrate an interest and/or aptitude for the broader external affairs environment. Individual driven to get the best out of senior internal and external stakeholders in an efficient and diplomatic nature. This role demands personal accountability for achieving results independently.

Skills

Accounting, Action Planning, Budget Management, Calendar Coordination, Communication, Computer Literacy, Data Analysis, Database Reporting, Data Compilation, Data Interpretations, Event Planning, Executing Plans, Financial Acumen, Management Reporting, Numerical Aptitude, Office Administration, Oral Communications, Problem Resolution, Relationship Building, Report Review

Competencies

Directs WorkDrives ResultsEnsures AccountabilityManages ComplexityOptimizes Work ProcessesPlans and AlignsTech Savvy

Education

Closing Date

05 July 2026 , 23:59

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