Assistant to Executive Director

The British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (BritCham) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1996 to promote business relations between the UK and Latvia. Today BritCham is one of the most active foreign chambers in Latvia and is representing various British, Latvian and other international business organisations.

Currently the Chamber is looking for an

Assistant to the Executive Director

Job description

Administration of membership and members’ information
Recruitment of new members and retention of existing members
Managing many aspects of new members and existing members engagement in chamber activities & maintaining good relations with all chamber members
Organising and/or assisting with organising and running BritCham business networking events
Distributing information to members & non-members
Website, e-newsletter and social network content management
Secretarial duties: correspondence, answering the phone, taking notes at meetings, basic translating and oversight and re-ordering of office supplies
Other duties as requested by the Executive Director of the Chamber

è Please note that daily correspondence within BritCham is primarily undertaken in English

Requirements:

Excellent U.K. English (both written and oral) and good computer skills
Able to deal with multi-tasking in a multinational environment
Responsible and self-motivated
Sociable and great communicator
Creative, enthusiastic and optimistic
Bachelor degree is compulsory
Specific experience in planning and organising events including budgeting and attracting sponsorship.
Sales and Marketing skills / experience would be an advantage
Ability to work flexible, also in the evenings

We offer:

Interesting and responsible position involving lots of external communication, various projects and interesting people.
Good working conditions in a friendly and supportive environment with a chance for self-improvement.

Other notes:

Please send your application letter and CV, marked “Assistant to Executive Director”, either by e-mail or mail so it is received on or before 7 November, 2014 to: cv@bccl.lv or The British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, British Embassy Building, 5 J.Alunana Street, LV-1010, Riga
Candidates invited to the interview will be informed by e-mail or telephone.
To learn more about BritCham please visit www.britcham.lv