Job Description
Lehr is looking for a Business Support Executive with entrepreneurial acumen to join our team, to shape the Support of the organization and drive its future success. This is not your every-day support role, and we are not your every-day company..
Working directly with the management, you will be responsible for supporting growth and coordination across a number of critical areas: growth, support, operations, marketing. All in line with our global framework and strategy. The emphasis is on effective support that achieves results through and with people. The job environment is flexible, constantly changing and provides opportunity for growth, recognition and reward for the achievement of business results. As such, there is potential for this position to become a part of the Global Management Team.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit/present a “Statement of Purpose” along with a cover letter. Be prepared to convince us to why should we take you for this exciting career path?
Responsibilities Include
This is not just a regular office position; the selected candidate will be offered rewarding perks/privileges and bundle of opportunities to further his/her career goals.
So, if you are a passionate individual with zeal to achieve goals and make things happen, Lehr can surely reward you for that sort of talent.
- Coordinate & support in communication/documentation for activities scaling the business
- Develop documents for business introductions, meetings, record keeping, business proposals and other business documents
- Prepare business presentations for stakeholders
- Write emails, call people, attend online/in-person meetings
- Promote communication between team members to increase information flow and to solve any problems that arise
- Support can span more than one team at Lehr, so this role includes growing beyond the responsibilities above to focus on support that also touch new business, implementations and client service
- Drive Lehr’s core values through your own approach and thus through the team, ensuring that the team are motivated, inspired and dedicated
- Work flexibly across global time zones
- Tasks in this role will be assigned by the Management
Good Fit Desired Expertise
This role requires the ability to act independently, a sense of urgency and the confidence to handle a variety of challenges. A full commitment to the success of the business and high standards of achievement are expected in this position.
To be successful in this role you should have proven talent in an organizational framework with knowledge of the following:
- High proficiency in English (Written + Spoken)
- Proactive and Talented
- Can prove and demonstrate ideas
- Flexible and Amiable personality
- Has understanding about business management and latest trends
- Experience will be gauged in a relevant positions/accomplishments/demonstrated expertise
- Expertise in making business documents
- Expertise in business communication acumen
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Adaptable to company culture and with international people of all background, devoid of any prejudice or bias.
Bonus Points (Optional One or more):
- Knowledge of HTML/CSS
- Knowledge of Video editing (Adobe Premiere etc)
- Knowledge of Programming languages
- Knowledge of Digital Marketing
- Knowledge of Investment Finance
- Any creative ability that can add value to the responsibilities
- Professional proficiency in a foreign language; preferably Russian, Polish, Turkish or Cantonese
Job Specification
What we’re looking for
While support rigour is necessary, this is also an entrepreneurial role. You need to be willing and able to get stuck into ad-hoc strategic projects, act as a sounding board to the management team, and be able to see what is coming around the corner from a business perspective. This is a remote working position that offers the opportunity to travel extensively, with up to 40% of your time spent at any one of our locations across Karachi, Doha, Singapore, or at one of our partners.
You will ensure that Lehr operates and grows effectively, coordinating with key stakeholders within the company as well as client facing by documenting, communicating and researching, supporting various operational and growth elements of the company’s productivity and its clients. You are expected to make recommendations for improvement and demonstrate them to ensure continuous flow, resolving entanglements and bottlenecks, and demonstrating effective optimization. As you do this, it will be key that you are also able to demonstrate an ability to take teams along with you, supporting a culture that fosters learning and personal development. Our remote working culture is really important to us, and a key part of your role will be to champion this across your various teams, internationally.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to distil key facts from complex issues and present them appropriately to the audience, business or technical, junior or senior
- Professional articulation & fluency in English (measurable by IELTS >7.5)
- Professional competency in business documentation & business communication
- Highly developed reasoning and analytical skill
- Promote communication between team members to increase information flow and to solve any problems that arise
- Should be familiar in using platforms such as Linkedin, Hubspot.
- Expert in using Excel/Spreadsheet for reporting/analytics
- Expert in designing business presentations
- Possesses their own computer/laptop with internet connection; Preferably owns a good performance computer/laptop
- Can flexibly work from any location (their home/co-working space/designated location)
- Able to communicate with foreigners/C-Suite level personnel/professionals
- Can travel inside/outside Pakistan for meetings
- Can represent/communicate as a representative
- Can work independently, and autonomously
- Ability to read & understand professional business documents
- Can grow as an individual
- Expert in searching/researching information
- Should have at least 2-3 years’ experience in any executive position
- Candidate should write a cover letter/statement of purpose when applying (Carries 40% selection weightage)
Perks:
- Provision of High Speed internet (if required)
- Sponsored travelling inside/outside Pakistan
Growth:
- Annual Increment in salary by 10-15%
- Promotion to a Managerial position
What can we offer you
“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”
“An Army Marches on its stomach”
Whose lines are these? What do you understand from them?
Work Hours:
- 9 hours a day, five days a week
- Weekends (Optional)
- Extra Hours/Overtime to be paid after 3 months
- Independent of location; However co-working space or designated locations can be provided