Executive Assistant, CEO

Role Responsibilities

• Assist the CEO with execution of country and business strategy.
• Support development and execution of the business/function priorities, ensuring there aligned to Global strategies and regional priorities.
• Provide the CEO and team with support on planning and monitoring of progress on local driven projects, risks and issues, providing quality control, agreeing timescales and resources required.
• Manage and handle confidential correspondence both internal and external.
• Support delivery of Specific Projects & Priorities (e.g., D&I Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, My Voice Engagement follow through communication strategy, internal communication agenda, Conduct Champion, etc.)
• Administering the office of the CEO, coordinating the daily work, and working commitments.
• To independently handle routine administration and correspondence.
• Arrange meetings according to priorities of the business.
• Make all travel/visa/accommodation arrangements for CEO.
• Prepare and attend all CMT/CLT and On-Boarding committee meetings, prepare and finalise minutes of meetings
• Attend all SCB ALCO, CFCRC, CrMG / BCP Committee meetings, review and finalise minutes of meetings

Business

• Support the CCIB Businesses as and when required.
• Assist the CEO in driving the business agenda and bring alignment across the business and functions by working with the department heads.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Processes

• Ensure and efficient filing and records management for the CEO office
• Ensure meeting deadlines and that all global policies are adhered to
• Review and manage the e-procurement requests on behalf of the CEO and challenge departments to ensure adherence to supply chain policies.
• On behalf of CEO, review the T&E requests submitted for approval and ensure they are aligned with T&E guidelines.
• Maintain an accurate record of G&E and review G&E approval requests.
• Support the deployment of Group people policies, products and processes to drive engagement thereby driving business performance.

QUALIFICATIONS

TRAINING, LICENSES, MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION Advanced degree from top university – business, engineering, sciences, law.
• LANGUAGES English, Arabic

Our Ideal Candidate

• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Article writing and excel skills
• Organisation and Time Management skills
• Multitask and priorities tasks
• Computer literacy

About Standard Chartered

Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, weve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If youre looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we cant wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, youll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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