Job Description

Do you enjoy being in the front line and first point of contact for visitors?

Do you enjoy being in a customer service-oriented role?

Work in a modern office environment.

As the Office Manager for our Dubai office, you'll be responsible for a variety of office duties. Sitting in reception, you'll be the front line and first point of contact for our visitors. You'll also provide administrative support services to site leads and Senior managers. This will include travel requests, expense submission and calendar management.

Work for a leading technology company

You must be customer service-oriented, resourceful, enthusiastic, and capable of multi-tasking. The primary objective of this position is proactively seeking means of improving the environment for all employees.

As an Office Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Establishing procedures for office maintenance, working with the landlord and contractors on facilities related issues.
• Managing office vendor relationships, negotiate, closing and support ongoing relationships.
• Providing administrative assistant to managers, HR and Finance departments.
• Working closely with the site lead and support with various initiatives.
• Planning and executing internal events including team specifics.
• Supporting in-office customer and partner meetings, including logistics, planning and catering.
• Maintaining a safe and secure working environment, acting as Safety Officer for the office.
• Managing post and courier service delivery and monitoring office supplies and food inventory.

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have relevant experience managing a busy front reception including associated administrative tasks.
• Have knowledge of clerical practices and procedures.
• Have knowledge of business and management principles.
• Have computer skills (Microsoft Office) and knowledge of other office software packages.
• Have fluency in Arabic and English.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits.

FlexBase adapts to your job's needs

Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

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