Executive Assistant
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting Line: Senior Executive (Board-Level Director)
Strategic Context of the Role
- The Executive Assistant will function as a strategic extension of the Director’s office within the private enterprise, ensuring that the executive remains fully informed, and operationally effective in their responsibilities.
- The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of strategy and executive coordination, ensuring that the Director’s influence and decisions are supported by accurate insights, structured analysis, and timely follow-through.
The role requires:
- Strong strategic thinking capability
- Board-level exposure and maturity
- Executive-level communication skills
- Absolute discretion and institutional judgment
Core Responsibilities
Corporate Interface & Board Coordination:
- Serve as the primary coordination point between the Director and the company.
- Ensure structured communication flow between the Director and senior management.
- Prepare, consolidate, and distill board papers, management reports, and strategic updates.
- Track board resolutions, strategic initiatives, and agreed action items to ensure implementation discipline.
Governance & Execution Oversight:
- Track executive decisions, strategic resolutions, and key executive commitments to ensure they are properly implemented.
- Monitor progress on major company priorities and flag delays, performance gaps, or risks that require the Director’s attention.
- Ensure accurate documentation of board discussions and decisions, with clear follow-up and timely escalation of critical issues.
Executive Representation:
- Represent the Executive in selected internal corporate meetings where appropriate.
- Communicate decisions, feedback, and strategic directives clearly to management teams.
- Ensure alignment between board-level strategy and management execution.
Confidentiality & Institutional Integrity:
- Handle highly sensitive financial, strategic, and governance information with strict confidentiality.
- Exercise sound judgment in filtering, prioritizing, and escalating issues requiring executive attention.
Success in This Role:
- Measured by the Director’s effectiveness, board influence, and strategic impact. The candidate will:
- Deliver Decision-Ready Support: Provide concise, insightful board materials and strategic briefings.
- Ensure Execution Discipline: Track board resolutions and executive commitments with clear follow-through.
- Enable Structured Communication: Maintain timely, filtered, and aligned information flow with leadership.
- Identify Risks Early: Spot emerging risks, performance gaps, and execution challenges for prompt escalation.
- Exhibit Trusted Stewardship: Handle sensitive financial and governance matters with discretion and sound judgment.
- Enhance Executive Leverage: Support the Director to operate with focus, impact, and strategic clarity.
Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, executive advisory, or board-level executive support within a structured organization.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret financial statements, operational performance reports, and strategic proposals, translating them into decision-ready executive insights.
- Proven experience working directly with C-suite executives or board members, supporting governance processes, strategic reviews, and high-level decision-making.
- Advanced analytical capability, including synthesizing complex multi-source information into concise board-ready briefs and designing KPI dashboards to monitor strategic execution.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, with the confidence and maturity to engage senior leadership and operational heads effectively.
- High professional maturity, discretion, and institutional judgment, with disciplined follow-through on sensitive, high-impact matters.
Application Closing Date
13th March, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career.bridgemeadnghr@gmail.com using “ Executive Assistant" as the subject.