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Executive Secretary

UtrechtHybrid36 hours/week<3months

As an interim professional, you will continuously undertake temporary assignments with various organizations. These could include healthcare institutions, multinationals, government agencies, or innovative scale-ups. You will provide support at executive level – temporarily, but with maximum impact. You combine variety in your work with the security of a permanent employment contract with a specialized service provider. You consciously choose dynamism, variety, and the opportunity to constantly learn new things.

You bring calm, create overview, and think ahead.

What you do

As a Direct Team Assistant, you are part of a close-knit group of professionals with a permanent employment contract with a specialized service provider. Simultaneously, you work on interim assignments with leading organizations. This means: one employer, multiple environments, always a challenge. In your role, you bring structure, calm, and overview – precisely where it is desperately needed. You often work at C-level and think three steps ahead. You organize, communicate, plan, and connect.

But above all: you provide such excellent support that people wonder how they ever functioned without you. You support board members, directors, or senior management in a role that demands overview, reliability, and flexibility. Your duties include:

  • Managing complex calendars and confidential mailboxes
  • Preparing and taking minutes for MT or Board meetings
  • Initiating, coordinating, and monitoring project progress
  • Planning travel, events, appointments
  • Providing project-based support to management or directors
  • Monitoring and following up on action points
  • Point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

What they ask

  • Minimum 3 years of experience as an executive secretary or executive assistant
  • HBO (higher professional education) working and thinking level
  • Enjoys switching tasks without losing control
  • Discreet, professional
  • Presentable, sharp
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Flexible and able to switch effortlessly between different environments
  • In possession of a B driving license
  • Feels comfortable in changing situations and thrives on high-level interaction
  • Knows when to act decisively, but also when to consult or slow down

Practical

  • Temporary contract with a view to extension
  • New lease car (also for private use) or good travel expense reimbursement
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • Access to training and courses for personal development
  • Personal guidance from your own consultant
  • Frequent events, lunches, and drinks with your team

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