Location: Dubai, UAE

Overview

Our mission is to create, protect, and grow wealth. But only in the most ethical and responsible ways possible. GSB works with a number of private banks and institutions to provide banking, investment and credit solutions for high-net-worth clients.

Four guiding principles underpin our philosophy:

Culture First: We’re here to build a better world of work while supporting people’s financial, physical, professional and social well-being;
Community Led: We’re here to contribute to the economic and social betterment of the communities where we invest, operate and serve.
Governance Driven: We’re here to enhance policies and practices relating to our purpose, philosophy, ethics and accountability as a business;
Foresight Set: We’re here to continually improve the value we create for all our stakeholders through informed product and service innovation

The incumbent is required to provide high-level administrative support for the Group CEO and COO to ensure they can efficiently accomplish key tasks and company initiatives. This will initially be a maternity leave cover mainly supporting the CEO, and then the role will be more focussed on working with our COO.

Responsibilities

• Full diary management for the Group CEO, including prioritising and organising meetings in different time zones, sending reminders and organising catering when necessary
  
• Organisation, agenda circulation and minuting of GSB Board meetings for all GSB entities
  
• Providing administrative assistance, such as writing and editing e-mails, drafting memos, and preparing communications on behalf of the Group CEO
  
• Liaising with the GSB Client Impact Team on Client reports, valuations and requests
  
• Travel bookings, including flights, hotels, and visa applications
  
• Client entertainment advisory and booking
  
• Management of golf memberships, including partner and client bookings
  
• Support for UK office and their clients when they travel to Dubai
• Sourcing and ordering client gifts
• Expense claim processing on behalf of Group CEO
• GSB Brand ambassador
• Assist the CEO and COO with ad-hoc personal tasks
  

Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• 5-10 years’ experience as an Executive Assistant, consistently meeting or exceeding targets
• Experience working in a small to medium enterprise environment
• Experience working with senior executives and UHNWI
• Cultural awareness
• Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Exudes high levels of professionalism

Organisational Knowledge

• GSB Core Values and Culture 

• GSB business systems and operations (e.g., IT, HR, database reporting) 

• GSB structure and internal stakeholders 

• External partners and providers

Applications should be sent to: 

• careers@wordpress-1224478-4363959.cloudwaysapps.com