EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (DUBAI)
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Role Overview
A single family office in Dubai is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant with strong project management capability.
The role combines high-level executive support with strategic project coordination and broader business responsibilities.
The successful candidate will act as a central point of contact across internal teams, advisers, investors, and portfolio companies.
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Role overview
A single family office in Dubai is seeking an experienced Executive Assistant with strong project management capability.
The role combines high-level executive support with strategic project coordination and broader business responsibilities.
The successful candidate will act as a central point of contact across internal teams, advisers, investors, and portfolio companies.
Key responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership support across diary, meetings, travel, and priorities.
- Coordinate strategic projects, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder actions.
- Prepare presentations, reports, meeting materials, and briefing documents.
- Attend selected meetings, record decisions, and drive follow-up actions.
- Support investment, portfolio-company, and business development initiatives.
- Improve internal processes, reporting, and organisational efficiency.
- Take ownership of ad hoc projects and progressively broader responsibilities.
Qualifications and experience
- Approximately 5 to 8+ years of senior Executive Assistant or Executive Business Partner experience is required.
- Strong project management experience and experience supporting senior executives, Partners, Founders, or C-suite leaders are required.
- A bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline is required, with equivalent professional experience considered.
- Investment management, private equity, financial services, or professional services experience is preferred.
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification would be advantageous.
- The role requires an organised, commercially aware, discreet, proactive, and strong communicator.
Career progression
The position is intended to expand beyond traditional executive support.
The individual may assume increasing responsibility for strategic initiatives, business coordination, and execution.
Longer-term progression into a Chief of Staff role may be possible.
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