Program Assistant (Francophone) at Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Relevant Educational Qualifications Job

The Program Assistant is an integral member of the team, ensuring that all administrative and scheduling functions are completed in a timely manner allowing for highly productive environments!
The focus of the Nigeria Country office team is to enable collective impact for the foundation in Nigeria by influencing policy and finance towards key development priorities, strengthening capacity and enabling systems for delivery, and innovating and leveraging cross-cutting enablers for impact at scale.
In this capacity, the Program Assistant will offer comprehensive organizational and administrative support to the leaders and staff within the Nigeria Country Office collaborating with a small team of fellow assistants to facilitate the overall workflow and ensure the smooth operation of the designated offices.
This role is based in the Nigeria office located in Abuja and will report to the Country Director.

Core Responsibilities

Schedule a high volume of appointments and meetings, manage complex calendars for multiple people, and make travel arrangements.
Assist in scheduling and planning for events, such as meetings, conferences and presentations, which may include coordinating arrangements for participants, handling logistics, preparing and disseminating materials.
Provide communications support and assistance to ensure timely responses to inquiries including answering and prioritizing calls, email and mail communications.
Maintain organized files and records and a system for tracking, monitoring and prioritizing tasks and projects. Compile and process expense reports, reimbursement and check requests.
Work on special projects as needed. May include conducting basic research and analysis of data to respond to requests.
Interact and communicate clearly and consistently with grantees and partners in the field.

Leadership and Culture

We believe that energized people, working well together, fueled by great leadership in an inclusive environment in which they thrive, will do phenomenal things.

Core Knowledge and Skills

Sets priorities and meets deadlines while balancing needs of providing support for multiple individuals, including complex calendar, travel and event planning.
Excellent oral and written communications skills. Able to communicate effectively with internal and external contacts, and have the ability to adjust to a wide variety of working styles.
Knowledge of foundation priorities and how they align with the goals of the department/division.
Proficient with MS Office Suite.

Education and Experience

Associate’s Degree with 3+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF or the Gates Foundation) is the largest private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It was launched in 2000 and is said to be the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world. The primary aims of the foundation are, ... read moreglobally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology. The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Susan Desmond-Hellmann.
It had an endowment of US$42.3 billion as of 24 November 2014. The scale of the foundation and the way it seeks to apply business techniques to giving makes it one of the leaders in venture philanthropy, though the foundation itself notes that the philanthropic role has limitations.[In 2007, its founders were ranked as the second most generous philanthropists in America, and Warren Buffett the first. As of May 16, 2013, Bill Gates had donated US$28 billion to the foundation.