Assistant, Leap Forward program (maternity leave subsitute)

Are you the service-minded assistant we are looking for? If yes, we would like you to join our international project team.

We are looking for a service-minded professional with a can-do attitude to support our Leap Forward project team in various tasks. In this important role you will:

• Support program management activities
  Coordinating internal documentation and material
  • Putting together presentations and status reports
  • Calendar scheduling
  • Report preparation
  • Provide guidance to the project teams for practices, house rules and practicalities
  • Maintaining Leap Forward intranet pages and document repositories
  • New people onboarding support incl. externals (user ID's and accesses)
  • Documents and email list management
• Complete efficiently various day-to-day administrative tasks incl. processing and reviewing of incoming invoices and hours support
• Act as a point of contact for whole Leap Forward team (70 people)
• Coordinate meetings (also virtual) and events and handling all the arrangements for these
• Take care of project facilities and related arrangements
• Involve in separate projects and/or initiatives as needed

This is a fixed-term maternity leave substitution at least for 13 months. 

We are looking for a person with

• Positive, service-minded (can-do) attitude
• Degree in business economics or related field
• Earlier work experience as assistant, international experience is an asset
• Strong IT skills (MS Office, MS Outlook, Teams and SharePoint)
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal, Finnish language is seen as a benefit
• Able to work under pressure and handle wide variety of activities independently
• Previous experience in a project environment is not a demand, but seen as a benefit

We offer

a position in a truly global team. In this position you will get a front-row seat to one of our company's largest initiatives. You will join an international team of highly experienced professional  and  get a chance to learn by doing and grow professionally.
 

Additional information:

The location for this position is Järvenpää.

For additional information about the expectations and description of the position, please contact Ismo Anttila, VP, ERP Business Transformation, mob. +358 40 519 3774 on 23.11. or 25.11. between 17-18 pm.

To apply, please complete the on-line application with your CV in English latest by Tuesday November 30, 2021. We will start to process the applications as they come in.

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