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Executive Assistant at Helderberg Personnel

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Bachelors
  • Experience
  • Location Gauteng
  • City Pretoria
  • Job Field Administration / Secretarial 

Executive Assistant at Helderberg Personnel

Executive Assistant

Role Overview

  • The Executive Assistant will provide high-level, and confidential support to the Director. This role requires exceptional organisational ability, sound judgment, proactive problem-solving, and the capacity to operate independently. The Executive Assistant will act as a trusted gatekeeper, coordinator, and operational partner.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide executive-level diary and time management, including scheduling, prioritising, and optimising daily activities.
  • Manage all travel arrangements end-to-end, including flights, accommodation, visas, itineraries, and travel documentation.
  • Screen, prioritise, and manage all incoming communication (emails, messages, calls), ensuring urgent and strategic matters are addressed timeously.
  • Act as a liaison between the Director and internal / external stakeholders.
  • Prepare, draft, proofread, and edit high-level correspondence, reports, presentations, and board-related documentation.
  • Maintain a secure, highly organised digital filing and document management system.
  • Track and reconcile executive expenses
  • Coordinate executive meetings, board meetings, and key events, including agendas, venues, logistics, and follow-ups.
  • Manage sensitive, confidential, and commercially sensitive information with absolute discretion.
  • Anticipate future needs, manage risks, and proactively address potential challenges.
  • Provide administrative and operational support on an ad-hoc basis across both business and personal matters.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

  • Proven experience in Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant.
  • Exceptional organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills.
  • High digital literacy and confidence across cloud-based platforms, productivity tools, and communication systems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills at executive and board level.
  • Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making ability.
  • High levels of emotional intelligence, professionalism, and judgment.
  • Ability to work independently across multiple priorities.
  • Flexibility to work remotely with availability when required.

Personal Attributes

  • Highly professional, calm, and resilient under pressure.
  • Proactive, solution-driven, and detail-oriented.
  • Trustworthy, loyal, and discrete.
  • Adaptable, flexible, and resourceful.
  • Strong alignment with company values of integrity, excellence, and client service.

Reporting Structure

  • This position reports directly to the Director in a highly trusted, one-on-one working relationship.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Flexible, part-time or full-time structure (depending on suitability).
  • Competitive executive-level remuneration.
  • Remote working arrangement with availability for executive-level responsiveness.
  • High degree of autonomy and exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision

Closing Date:  2025-12-12

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Helderberg Personnel on webapp.placementpartner.com to apply

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