UNPAID VOLUNTEER - Senior Executive Assistants Personal Assistants

The Blockchain & Climate Institute is seeking unpaid volunteer Senior Personal Assistants to support the Director. Responsibilities include managing correspondence, scheduling meetings, and assisting with administrative tasks. Candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills, experience in similar roles, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This home-based position offers valuable experience in climate change and emerging technologies while providing opportunities for professional networking.
## THIS IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEERING ROLE.

Role Title: Senior Personal Assistants

Role Nature: Volunteer

Location: Home-based (Remote)

With 160 volunteers worldwide, BCI as a voluntary organisation is delighted to recruit new VOLUNTEERS to fill the role of Personal Assistant to the Director

- General.

You will be responsible for handling external correspondence for the Director

- General and managing and monitoring incoming and outgoing email correspondence, responding and redirecting mail items to directorate officers as necessary, ensuring replies are issued within corporate deadlines and to standard. Scheduling high-level meetings for the Director

- General is part of the role, and you will also provide cover to Divisional Secretaries on an ad hoc basis.

There is a strong administrative element: you will work with the Senior Administrative Officer to ensure the smooth running of the Director

- General’s Office, implement and manage new administrative processes where appropriate, and undertake factual research as required. Occasionally you will support general resource management duties and help coordinate cross-divisional programs, and you will support the Director

- General during conferences and events.

Skills and abilities we are looking for include excellent English oral communication skills, the ability to develop effective working relationships, work flexibly across professional and operational boundaries and communicate professionally with internal and external stakeholders, and excellent English writing. Close attention to details and excellent organizational skills with the ability to balance competing work demands are essential. You should be able to support technology-enabled meetings (e.g. video conferencing, skype, digital conference calls) and have high attention to detail and proven experience in managing sensitive data. A conscientious but proactive approach, and a solution-orientated and confident style, are important.

Relevant experience: Proven experience working in a similar role is essential, preferably acquired in a fast-moving growth environment. Experience working in a high-pressure environment and delivering to tight deadlines is required. You should have Advanced Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and Outlook. Some knowledge of topics central to the BCI such as climate change, climate finance, and blockchain technology preferred.

Blockchain and other emerging technologies, and climate change and sustainability, are central to BCI’s work. BCI is an expert platform that helps governments, inter-governmental and regional organizations as well as relevant corporates negotiate the complex landscape of emerging technologies for environmental good. We research, identify, and analyze applications of emerging technologies so that informed decisions can be made by stakeholders in the climate change and action network.

What's in it for the volunteer? Your mind will be mentally stimulated, hence providing you with a sense of purpose. You will advance and boost your professional career by helping you to make professional connections and giving you real-world experience at the intersection between climate and emerging technologies. You will also develop long-lasting professional relationships with others who come together to make the world a better place.

Selection Process

As a voluntary organization, we are pleased to open the door for candidates who may not have the prior experience they need to start, progress, or switch their careers. To recruit the most suitable, talented, or potential new members out of the volume of applications received, it is the BCI’s policy to also consider inexperienced candidates to fill our voluntary unpaid roles as long as they can demonstrate the skills required in the written assessment. In the selection process, most candidates will be invited to complete the following assessment.

Section A: Verbal and Numerical Reasoning (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section B: Situation Judgement Test (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section C: In

- Tray Exercise (An open-ended assessment relevant to the duties of the role)

Candidates who pass all three sections will be invited to attend a phone screening, first interview, and final interview online.