Personal Assistant internship (Voluntary)

3six5dates

Our website has aggressively stepped up its strategic direction and seeking passionate, young, voluntary candidates as it moves into its next growth phase. We are a dynamic organisation focusing bringing reality diary blogging through interesting social ‘experiments’. Our latest project involves a dateathon, where four women in four international cities, go on 365 dates between them.

Contribute to the international success of a unique social experiment!
You must:
• Be in your final year of your degree – ideally in Commerce, Business, Media, Public Relations, Marketing or Human Resources.

• We are looking for future leaders and managers who are happy to start at the bottom and grow as our organisation expands its reach.

• Have an excellent command of English.

Tasks will include the following:
• Laising with team to manage diary of meetings and engagements via email, skype and phone.
• Manage the workflow of all team members and remote filing system.
• Systemise and document the organisation’s processes including preparing templates.

• Conduct research and draft surveys for marketing and media campaigns.
• Making contact and building relationships with sponsorship, advertising agents and media through emailing and phone.
• Make travel arrangements and bookings.

Undergraduate
Graduate with BA or BSc
Foundation Degree
Masters Degree
Phd
Other

Accounting / Finance
Advertising / Marketing / PR
Business
Economics
Education
Hospitality
Human Resources
IT / Computer Science

Languages
Law
Logistics
Management
Media
Social Sciences
Travel & Tourism

As these are entry-level role, we are looking for candidates who are:
• Just starting out, enthusiastic, energetic and willing to learn.
• Excellent computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Calendar and the internet savvy.
• Ambitious, driven and full of ideas.
• Looking to gain career related work experience, recognition and build your portfolio of work.
• Looking to increase your business contacts and client management skills.
• Wanting to beat your fellow peers when competing for sought after graduate jobs.
• Great communications skills and maturity – a clear speaking voice.

• Disciplined and confident in order to assist in the management of a demanding international team across four time zones.

• Thrive under autonomy while working with an international and remotely connected team.
• Can contribute to at least 20 hrs a week of voluntary work, with a term of between three to 12 months.

What do you get out of it?
• You will have the rare opportunity to contribute to the success of new website and work closely with a young and energic team.

• This role is positioned to lead to management and you will get a glimpse of all areas of how to run an international business.
• Excellent training and coaching – you won’t ever be bored!
• A confidence building experience.
• A referee contact provided on completion.

The roles offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity to be part of a truly unique concept and website, working with a driven and enthusiastic international team. In addition, there is a fantastic scope to expand into other areas of the project should selected candidates demonstrate desire and capacity.

After the project, you will have the ability to walk into an interview with the confidence and ability to show potential employers how you significantly contributed to the success of an international brand with solid, tangible outcomes and experiences.

Hours are flexible as you can work at home. However, you must be flexible to allow one-on-one coaching sessions with your Manager and more importantly, be able to meet deadlines. Mutual times will be agreed in advance.