The Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF), a Think-and-Do-Tank in Tunis, is recruiting a full time Executive Assistant responsible for administrative support and secretarial assistance to the MEF team, including to the Director, Senior Managers, Managers, and other support staff as and when required.
Please send you CV & Cover letter to careers.mef@magef.org
The Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF), a Think-and-Do-Tank in Tunis, is recruiting a full time Executive Assistant responsible for administrative support and secretarial assistance to the MEF team, including to the Director, Senior Managers, Managers, and other support staff as and when required.
Please send you CV & Cover letter to careers.mef@magef.org
The Maghreb Economic Forum (MEF), a Think-and-Do-Tank in Tunis, is recruiting a full time Executive Assistant responsible for administrative support and secretarial assistance to the MEF team, including to the Director, Senior Managers, Managers, and other support staff as and when required.
Please send you CV & Cover letter to careers.mef@magef.org
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roduction, trade and investment, as well as the physical and digital integration of international markets. The BRI provides Chinese investment with a framework to improve existing infrastructure and build new production sites and trade routes to better connect China to the rest of the world.
The widespread assumption that any political change can only come with the assistance of a super power was contradicted when an up-rise in Tunisia toppled a regime that reigned for over twenty-three years. The world was taken aback by these events in a country that “seemed the best in the class: stable, presentably secular, engaged in a steady process of “Economic reform”. Realities proved to be extremely different from the outward carefully drawn image of the country. Despite Tunisia’s positive reputation amongst a myriad of governments, the country became immersed in a political mayhem that remains unsorted to this day. The latest Africa Report refers to “the political infighting” as the main cause for stagnation in economic reform and the primary reason that the European Union (EU) and International Organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continue to place Tunisia on black lists for terrorism and money laundering. Moreover, the Tunisian Labor Union (UGTT), Tunisia’s strongest Labor Union, is lobbying for more and more strikes against IMF recommendations to the government, making the prime minister’s job to reconcile between the different actors and stakeholders even harder.
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ان كان هناك خلاصة يجب استنتاجها من انتخابات 2019 فهي أنه ليس من الصعب التنبؤ بنتائجها، فالرغبة بإحداث تغيير سياسي بعد 2011 تلاشي بسبب الوضع الاقتصادي والسياسي المتردي والغير المستقر، إلى جانب العديد من الاحداث الاجتماعية والسياسية التي اثرت على مسار تونس ما بعد الثورة
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The key questions raised at the workshop were:
How can the state better identify emerging trends and assess the needs of local communities?
Which structural reforms are needed and which legislative policies are to be drafted by the parliament to tackle the issue of illegal employment in the informal sector and improve informal worker access to
decent work and government protections?
How can executive power close the gap between policies and implementation?
How can leaders from civil society organizations, the media and the private sector exert pressure on
ruling elites to revisit the education system and increase labor market efficiency?
How can the state create an enabling and secure environment to boost employment, promote a
favorable investment climate, improve conditions for start-up founders and enhance trade?
Which best practices and innovative value-added solutions from abroad can be adapted to the
Tunisian context?
Making Tunisia the 'SiliconValley' of the Maghreb.
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regions of Tunisia and through which experts have developed key policy recommendations.
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Maghreb Economic Forum
1. Executive Assistant (Secretary)
Maghreb Economic Forum
Role Overview
The Executive Assistant is responsible for administrative support and secretarial assistance to the
MEF team, including to the Director, Senior Managers, Managers, and other support staff as and when
required. The role is responsible for the smooth running of the managers’ business activities including
travel planning and expenses, record-keeping of internal and external meetings, timely management
of correspondence, etc.
For this role to be successful the Executive Assistant needs to interact across the whole of the MEF
team up to and including Managing Directors and where applicable the different stakeholders &
service providers.
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables
Carry out all secretarial and administrative duties for Managers to enable smooth running of
the office.
Take minutes at meetings ensuring all key points are captured, summarized and effectively
presented to the manager.
Managing diaries, arranging internal and external meetings and conference calls, receiving
visitors ensuring that each meeting is seamlessly executed.
Prepare Powerpoint presentations and other material for meetings / committees
Correspondence – drafting, checking and/or proofreading as needed
Obtain the appropriate sign off on documents when required ensuring that they are signed or
coordinated in a timely manner.
Draft routine business correspondence for Director’s signature. Prepare, draft and check team
documentation ensuring quality management control.
Organize and coordinate filing in various electronic systems i.e. Live link including all aspects
of safekeeping if applicable. Overall coordination and responsibility for the information added,
ensuring quality management and control of the information.
Maintain comprehensive filing in various hard copy and electronic systems and archiving for
Managers’/team to ensure instant retrieval of documents.
Manage and coordinate conferences and events by being well organized, paying the utmost
attention to detail and trouble-shooting in advance and on the day to ensure that all runs
smoothly and on time.
Responsible for arranging all elements of travel according to the MEF’s policy and claiming
expenses in a timely manner to ensure the Director does not incur any unnecessary delays in
receiving payment.
Manage and coordinate hotel/travel arrangements, itineraries and arranging visas, renewing
passports as required to ensure travel arrangements run smoothly.
Organize and coordinate internal departmental events ensuring they are professionally
managed to a high standard.
Maintain Contact Database.
Depending on the Team/location may be responsible for the team’s sick record by updating
absences, ensuring an accurate and up-to-date record is available.
Conduct ad-hoc or specific tasks assigned by Line Manager which may be related amongst
others to pipeline or reporting.
May act as departmental co-ordinator, IT co-ordinator, HR co-ordinator, Stationery co-
ordinator.
Process consultancy contracts/legal documentation and liaising with consultants, and outside
lawyers as directed by the Director.
Provide secretarial cover during absences and provide handover notes to ensure a smooth
transition upon departure.
2. Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
University Degree
A recognized secretarial qualification would be useful, but is not essential
Fluency in English and German, with excellent written and oral communication skills
Knowledge of another language (e.g. French, or Arabic) both written and spoken is an asset
Experience/Knowledge
Secretarial and administrative experience essential.
Excellent organizational skills
Attention to detail and eye for accuracy.
Demonstrates initiative to work independently on day to day basis
Ability to prioritize and schedule own work
Confidence to put self forward for various projects and responsibilities and quickly understand
what is required of the task at hand.
Ability to use initiative to undertake tasks and projects without guidance.
Reliable, flexible, and proactive work attitude; and willing to work overtime as and when
required
Conscientious, reliable and flexible with a professional, helpful, and cheerful attitude.
Strong team player, with the ability to work efficiently and to handle simultaneous assignments
involving a wide range of organization-wide contacts.
Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues in a
multicultural environment.
Good communications skills, including a pleasant and efficient telephone manner.
Excellent interpersonal manner, employing tact and diplomacy.
Ability to multi-task while remaining calm and professional and a capacity for hard work.
Ability to cope well under pressure.
Ability to exercise judgment on and deal discretely with confidential/sensitive information and
data.
Technical Skills
Computer literate: Windows XP: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
At least 55 wpm typing
This job description is not limited to the responsibilities listed and the incumbent may be
requested to perform other relevant duties as required by professional needs.
Location: Tunis
Start Date: Immediate
12 - month contract
Closing Date: 08 Mar 2016
Application: Interested candidates should send their CV & cover letter to careers.mef@magef.org
with the title “EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT - MEF” in the subject line. The cover letter should state why
you would like to join the MEF team.