EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, operating satellites that monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Working as part of a multinational team of professionals at the cutting edge of satellite technology, the Personal Assistant (PA) to the Director of the Department (D/OPS) will provide direct secretarial/administrative assistance to the Director and manage, coordinate and supervise the secretarial/administrative services provided to the four managers reporting to him.
Duties
- Provide direct secretarial/administrative assistance to the Director of the OPS department, including drafting correspondence and other documents, taking minutes of meetings, and preparation of travel and meetings;
- Manage, coordinate and supervise secretarial/administrative services provided to the OPS Department management including correspondence, travel management, and office accommodation;
- Maintain the departmental working practices for secretarial/administrative support;
- Track and follow up progress of cross-organisational actions involving the OPS department;
- Ensure the effective organisation of regular high-level international meetings and conferences including preparation of meetings and post-meeting documentation;
- Monitor and control the departmental budgets for travel, representation expenses and social events;
- Supervise the OPS Department secretary/administrative assistant;
- Maintain and update the OPS Department intranet pages;
- Support the coordination of secretarial/administrative assistance across the five departments of EUMETSAT.
Employment conditions
- Excellent salary, of up to Euro 5,000/montlyh NET (after income tax) based on skills and experience;
- Flexible working time including additional flexi-leave;
- Full medical coverage for employee and family;
- Attractive pension;
- 30 days annual leave + 14.5 days public holidays;
- Training and development support;
- Relocation allowance (if applicable).
Skills and experience
- Proven secretarial and administrative experience in a multi-lingual and complex environment, including drafting of correspondence in English;
- Experience in organising large or complex meetings or other events;
- Experience of managing budgets;
- Proven ability to deliver high quality outputs within deadlines;
- Experience of people management would be an advantage;
- Demonstrated service-orientation and autonomy;
- Excellent skills in typing and using MS Office suite (i.e. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and document management tools; experience of using an action management tool (e.g. JIRA) would be an advantage;
- Very good communication and team-working skills with ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organisation with tact and diplomacy.
Languages
The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English and have some knowledge of French. A good knowledge of German will be an advantage.
EUMETSAT is committed to providing an equal opportunity work environment for men and women. Please note that only nationals of EUMETSAT Member States may apply. The EUMETSAT Convention requires that Staff shall be recruited based on their qualifications, account being taken of the international character of EUMETSAT.
About EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT is Europe’s meteorological satellite agency. Its role is to establish and operate meteorological satellites to monitor the weather and climate from space - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This information is supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's Member and Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.
EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union and provide data services to the Copernicus marine and atmospheric services and their users.
As an intergovernmental European Organisation, EUMETSAT has 30 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom).
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