Job Detail

Description

About us

Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier markets, offering market research, investment advisory and asset management services. We are regulated by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and our daughter company Symbiotics (UK) Ltd has an investment firm license from the FCA in the UK. Symbiotics currently employs 135 people and is headquartered in Geneva, with further offices in Zurich, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Singapore and Cape Town. Since 2004, we have invested over USD 4bn in more than 350 microfinance institutions across around 80 emerging and frontier markets, working with more than 30 investment funds and many institutional investors.

We are a fast-growing, market-leading company, offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space.

We are looking for

An Administrative Assistant (m/f) to the Personal Assistant to the CEO at the head office of the company (50% activity rate, daily morning presence requested).

The Administrative Assistant supports the Personal Assistant to the CEO in her daily work through a variety of tasks related to a busy meeting agenda and email correspondence. She/he is used to deal with confidential and time sensitive material and to provide efficient support even in stressful situations.

Job Description

Support the Personal Assistant to the CEO in her daily tasks such as:

• Follow-up on agenda and meeting requests


• Follow-up on emails and internal messages


• Receive and filter phone messages


• Preparation of all Management and Board meetings (documents & templates)


• Fill up time sheets and expense modules


• Cover meeting logistics (drinks, lunch meetings)


• Filing and other occasional tasks

• Preparation of meetings with external clients

Requirements

Skills/qualifications/experience

We are looking for a person with at least 2-3 experience, a good team player, and able to work in a dynamic and challenging environment. More specifically, we have the following requirements:

• French and English, excellent writing in both languages, any other language is a plus.


• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office)


• Rigorous, detail-orientated, easy going, calm and polite


• Excellent presentation and a professional can-do attitude


• Highly reliable and trust-worthy


• Swiss/EU National or valid Swiss Work Permit

Benefits

What makes us different?

• The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.


• A flexible work environment with colleagues from 34 countries


• The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others