Job Opportunity for Executive Secretary To CEO at Social Alpha in Bengaluru

About Social Alpha

Social Alpha is a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform for science and technology start-ups that aim to address the most critical social, economic, and environmental challenges. Social Alpha architecture includes product innovation labs, venture incubators, grand challenges, accelerator programmes, capital pools, and market access mechanisms. It also provides early-stage equity capital as well as non-dilutive grants for pilots, validations, market access, and scale-up programmes. Since its inception in 2016, Social Alpha has supported more than 200 start-ups including 60+ seed investments. Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (FISE) is a section 8, not-for-profit company and hosts the Social Alpha architecture. All the initiatives of FISE operate under the umbrella brand Social Alpha. FISE raises financial resources to support its programmes from philanthropic, government, and corporate partnerships.

Job Description

Social Alpha is seeking an experienced Executive Secretary who can support the CEO. The core objective is to make the CEO more productive and save time.

· Responsible for calendar management & coordinate executive communications including taking calls, responding to emails, and act as an interface between CEO and others

· Responsible for scheduling and managing meetings with external and internal stakeholders.

· Provide outstanding communication and administrative support to the CEO that ensures a high level of responsiveness.

· Prioritize inquiries and requests, troubleshoot conflicts with little guidance, and make judgments and recommendations to ensure smooth day-to-day engagements.

· Manage all scheduling and travel logistics for the Country Director.

· Support with internal and external communication documents.

· Prepare and edit presentations, reports, memos, digital content, newsletters, and country reports, for the CEO as needed.

· Serve as a liaison to the Board of Directors, organize board meetings, prepare documents required, and maintain the board book.

· Maintain quality filing and communications systems including contact management, document management, and archiving.

· Support CEO with donor/funder relations.

· Assist in calendar management of other Directors on a need basis, as per Country Director’s direction.

· Assist in other administrative tasks as needed, as per Country Director’s direction

· To take over daily duties, interacting closely with employees, identifying and addressing any issues that may arise. Also responsible for filtering key information as it gets shared up through CEO level

Qualifications & Experience

· Minimum of 6 years of experience as an Executive Secretary to a Business Head / Executive Director / Country Director / CxO of a progressive organization.

· Bachelors or Master’s Degree in English or equivalent

· Prior work experience in the Development sector will be preferred.

· Good working knowledge of all Advanced Microsoft Office applications.

· Excellent written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

· Excellent time management and prioritization skills.

· Strong proofreading and editing (English) skills.

· Proficiency in collaboration and delegation of duties.

· Demonstrated proficiency in interpersonal skills with the ability to take initiative, multitask, be a team player, be flexible, adapt to shifting priorities, and prioritize work.

· Extremely high level of organization, initiative, attention to detail, responsibility, and follow through.

· Good judgment and ability to function independently.

· Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations with diplomacy.

· Strong ability to multitask and work in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (FISE) is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified individuals without prejudice and discrimination.