Our client, a European institution, is looking for an Administrative Assistant who speaks English and French fluently. This is a temporary contract.
Responsibilities :
- Provide support to the overall organisation of events (conferences, seminars, public speaking engagements, etc.) in order to ensure smooth running.
- Provide support to the Visitors Group service, including welcoming Visitors Groups.
- Handle logistic issues and undertake relevant administration work.
- Liaise with and coordinate the work of the Protocol meeting hostesses.
- Create and maintain lists of participants, send invitations and collect registrations, send confirmation emails.
- Book travel arrangements for conference speakers with the company's corporate travel agency.
- Research and contact different venues for events, hotels, restaurants, service providers, obtain quotes for comparison and decision by a senior colleague.
- Support with event logistics : printing badges, nameplates, signs.
- Support during events taking place in the company's campus (welcome, registration, set up, branding of venue, etc.)
- Help with preparing missions (mission suitcase : stationary bag, signature accessories, registration accessories, etc.)
- Prepare statistics, minutes, archive files electronically.
- Help for the creation of events in the event management software.
- Coordinating division meeting, including taking minutes.
- Ensuring filing in GED for each event.
- Provide support to the team on a daily basis.
Academic qualifications and professional skills :
Certified secondary level education, complemented with a 2-year certification in a relevant field (e.g. secretarial studies, business administration, event management);At least 3 years of relevant professional experience as an Administrative, Executive or event assistant.Excellent knowledge of standard Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).Excellent command of written and oral English and French. Good knowledge of another EU language would be an advantage.