Role: Executive Assistant - Right Hand to Women Rising Founder & CEO
This is a detailed job description as we are committed to finding the right person with the experience, aptitude and energetic alignment for this critical role. Please consider this and read carefully before you apply.
About Us
- We are a fast growing, creative and dynamic company with multiple business streams and projects all aligned to our singular mission: we are here to help women rise.
- Our Founder and CEO, Megan Dalla-Camina, is a best-selling author, women’s mentor, coach and speaker, and one of the world’s leading experts on women’s leadership, wellbeing and empowerment.
- Women Rising is a women’s empowerment and leadership development company supporting women to be radically confident, radiantly well, to authentically lead and create success on their own terms.
- Megan is the author of three best-selling books including her latest, Simple Soulful Sacred: A Woman’s Guide to Clarity, Comfort and Coming Home to Herself (Hay House).
- We lead with love, operate with a small, flexible team, and are deeply passionate about our mission supporting women and their allies.
- We work flexibly, prioritise flow over hustle, and our mantra for operating is always ‘heart first’ while delivering extraordinary results and outcomes for our clients, students and community.
About The Role
Due to our exciting growth, we are now seeking a professional and experienced Executive Assistant to support our Founder & CEO. In this newly created role, you will be responsible for supporting Megan’s day-to-day activities and future planning, designed to ensure she can stay focused on strategic initiatives and client value. You will help maximise her personal efficiency using your exceptional organisation skills.
This is an incredible opportunity to become part of the global movement to help women rise and be integral to its success. You will be working closely with and supporting our Founder and CEO, Megan Dalla-Camina personally and professionally, and collaborating with our small happy team of Unicorns.
- This is a hybrid role where you will work virtually and also from our main headquarters in Mosman, Sydney. Sydney based is essential.
- 30+ hours per week, permanent part-time to start with a view to become full-time in the short term. The flexibility to do more hours when required is important.
- This role is for someone who is a career EA, loves being in a support capacity, who thrives being the invaluable right hand to the CEO and is looking to become a full-time permanent member of the team.
Your Role
- You are the right hand to the CEO. Your role is to make her role and life easier, help the business run smoothly, anticipate needs and become indispensable.
- Be a core member of exciting projects and programs and contribute to their success.
- Client liaison and management – supporting the delivery of our programs, managing the flow of communication with our clients - scheduling calls, setting up Zoom and Teams links, payment processing (Xero), creation of PowerPoint slides & documents (Word, Adobe, Slack, Voxer).
- Manage priority and project lists daily (Asana, Dropbox).
- Attend meetings, agenda creation, and minute taking.
- Calendar management and coordination; setting up internal, external, and video meetings, and coordination across multiple time zones.
- Email inbox management and managing information flow in a timely and accurate manner.
- Ensure meeting takeaways are delegated to relevant people and action points have been completed by the relevant team members.
- Build efficiency and responsiveness into existing operations and help define new operational strategies.
- Working closely with and providing personal support for Megan - including booking travel and accommodation, managing payments, booking personal appointments and helping life and business run smoothly.
About You
- 5 years+ experience as an Executive Assistant to C-Suite or Founder.
- Excellent time management and a methodical organiser.
- You are unflappable, nothing is too much trouble and you have a spirit of generosity and kindness when working with our team, clients and students.
- Ability to anticipate needs and streamline workflow for maximum impact and efficiency.
- A can-do attitude and a stellar reputation for getting stuff done.
- The ability to learn quickly and use new systems.
- Excellent communication skills and experience dealing with multiple stakeholders.
- Experience working in a highly driven environment and ability to work effectively with little direction.
- High level of written and verbal communication skills.
- Meticulous attention to detail, high personal integrity and trustworthiness.
- A genuine desire to work for a purpose-driven organisation coupled with an interest in personal growth and women’s empowerment.
- You are an energetic, passionate and engaged person who truly wants to be make a positive contribution to our business and mission.
What’s in it for you?
- Become indispensable to our Founder and make a tangible difference in the lives of thousands of women through your role.
- Feel highly valued in a team of incredible women who support each other to achieve the mission and personal success.
- Gain experience in a fast-growing company where things change daily, new ideas come to life in a matter of weeks and everybody is fully invested.
- The ability to get involved and be a core part of truly visionary and exciting work.
- Your voice heard. Every one of our team members has the chance to give input, create value and make a big impact on the future of our company.
- A future forward company that operates with flexibility, wellbeing, purpose, love and care at its core.
- A compensation package that matches your skills and experience level.
- Opportunity to grow and develop with a respected and leading company that is changing the world for women.
Additional Information
Women Rising and Megan Dalla-Camina are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. We believe in incorporating everyone's perspectives and experiences as this has been a significant driver of our success so far. For this reason, we strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to get in touch. Even if you don't meet all the job listing requirements, do yourself (and us) a favour by still applying! You'll likely bring something to the workplace that we haven't thought of yet, and we would love to hear from you.
How To Apply
To be considered for this role please email hello@womenrisingco.com with a cover letter/email, CV and salary expectations. Only applicants who apply via email will be considered.