Ascending

Administrative Assistant - Maputo

Ascending  •  Mozambique, MZ (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Administrative Support

  • Provide day-to-day administrative support to a team of 10-12 people (face-to-face and remote interactions required).
  • Manage calendars, meeting schedules, and appointments for project leadership.
  • Coordinate travel arrangements, accommodations, visas, transportation, and expense reporting.
  • Prepare correspondence, mail, and other project documentation.
  • Manage visitor coordination.
  • Maintain project contact lists, distribution groups, and organization charts.
  • Support filing, record keeping, scheduling, mail distribution, and special projects involving recording, compiling, retrieving, reporting, and analyzing information.

Meeting & Event Coordination

  • Schedule and coordinate project meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.
  • Support the planning and execution of project events, site visits, and management reviews.

Office Management

  • Manage office supplies, equipment, and administrative service providers.
  • Coordinate facility-related support requirements for the project office.
  • Support onboarding activities for new project team members.
  • Ensure administrative processes comply with company policies and local regulations.
  • Maintain a professional and efficient office environment.

Skills & Qualifications

  • Fluency in Portuguese and English, both written and spoken.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and email systems.
  • Strong administrative coordination abilities.
  • Customer service experience.
  • Ability to work with direction and support.
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About Ascending

Improving Lives and Organizations

We cover a wide range of competencies to help you get the job done. At the heart of our business lies workforce management, where we handle and subcontract workforces to the most challenging work environments, like graphite and coal mines to Oil Rigs and Ships and Vessels.

We also build on the potential of our workers, to give you highly certified and prepared artisans in the most various trades. For this, we have two Training Centres in Pemba and Maputo in Mozambique fully equipped to prepare artisans in Welding, Electrical, Electronics, Rigging, Boiler making, Mechanical and Scaffolding Trades; and one Training Centre in Palma for Hospitality Training.

We provide our clients with systematic reporting, productivity analysis, labour negotiations, query resolution, employee benefits, tax reports and financial reporting. We can still offer legal Counselling, bureaucratic management and handle every detail regarding your HR and admin requirements. In terms of logistics related to your workforce such as flights, land travel, hotels, catering or anything your staff may need, we can provide.

We do full sourcing of expat workforces and visa management, as well as headhunting or bulk recruitment. We can also simply run your payroll and provide you detailed payslips, bank transfer files, productivity reports and reporting on tax payments.

Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Lisboa, PT
Year Founded
2017
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