Executive Assistant - with fluent English (associated with Tel-Aviv)

Egon Zehnder is one of the world’s foremost leadership and talent consultancies. Our firm provides senior-level executive search, board search, advisory, CEO succession, family business advisory, as well as leadership assessment and development to the world’s most respected organizations. With more than 600 consultants in 70 offices and 36 countries, we work closely with public and private corporations, family-owned enterprises, and nonprofit and government agencies to help them define great leadership in the face of changing economic conditions, emerging opportunities, and evolving business goals.

To support our growing team, we are looking for a qualified and convincing personality to join our team in Budapest as an Executive Assistant with fluent English language skills (as the main requirement) and with fluent Hebrew as a highly desired skill.

What is the role about

This Executive Assistant ("EA") role offers you a unique opportunity to combine administrative skills with project management and communication responsibilities. Working within a fast-paced client service environment, you are supporting one or more Consultant(s), providing seamless administrative and project support throughout the lifecycle of each engagement. Acting as a business services partner, you must be comfortable wearing – and quickly shifting between – the hats of both an administrator and project coordinator, while continually finding new ways to deepen and optimize your working relationship and business practices with your designated consultant. You must be capable of “stage managing” all the elements of projects, ensuring they come together successfully; this includes planning, executing, and finalizing projects according to strict deadlines and compliance requirements. You must also be a relationship builder, capable of fostering connections and coordinating the efforts of team members and clients in order to deliver projects according to plan. You have to proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks and crises, and devise contingency plans accordingly. Importantly, you have to ensure absolute discretion in handling all corporate business.

• You will work in close alignment and collaboration with your consultant to support the opening of our upcoming Tel‑Aviv office and provide ongoing support to the office lead.
• You will play a key role in coordinating and administrating our international projects and thereby contribute to our success and the success of our clients.
• You will work as a member of a cohesive, multinational, and supportive team from Budapest.
• You will have flexibility in working hours and the opportunity to work from home.