Experienced Personal Assistant / Butler, French & English Speaking, Permanent, Dubai, UEA

• English
• French

SENIOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT/BUTLER POSITION - EXPERIENCED and QUALIFIED CANDIDATES ONLY 

FLUENT CANDIDATES IN FRENCH AND IN ENGLISH ONLY

NO EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS - THE CLIENT IS NOT LOOKING FOR THIS PROFILE.

No private messages on WhatsApp - No private messages on Facebook or LinkedIn please.

If you have the required experience and skills, if you are a hard working individual with the proper mindset and if you are willing to live the "Dubai dream", working hard and evolving with High Net Worth Individuals, this position is for you. 

About the Villa

This is a position that is based in Dubai, UAE.

The family is used to have a lot of staff working in their home. It is a very respectful and trustworthy family. Several of our candidates are currently working for the family and are very happy about their job.

This position is a LIVE in position - all though you will be in a DEDICATED accommodation (apartment) and you will not be living within the property of the family. Family will cover the cost for your accommodation. 

There are many advantages in the work package such as paid accommodation, private medical health insurance is equally covered by your employer and a car will be at your disposal or a private chauffeur. Given the fact that all these mentioned expenses will be covered by your employer, the package is very interesting. 

The project

The family is looking for an Experienced Personal Assistant / Butler with significant experience in Hospitality and/or in Events, who is able to start to work reasonably soon, depending on the path of the recruitment process of course. 

This is a permanent contract. There will a period of trial defined by the client during the interview. The trial period should be of 3 months.

You must have several years of experience working as a Personal Assistant for VIPs and you are used to handling:

• flight arrangements, 
• bookings for hotels 
• and taking care of personal goods, especially while traveling with the Principal and registering those goods and items
• organizing private events such as dinners, parties, 
• you have a great sense of service, table service

You would be assisting the Principal in the capacity defined by the client, and being in the scope of his operations based in Dubai and France, and other countries. 

All initial interviews will be telephonic interviews, and the final interviews would be organized in-person. The client pays for all the flights.

The client is looking for someone with significant experience working for VIPs, UHNWI and Private families before as a Personal/Executive Assistant.

In order to apply for this position, you must take a LIVE-IN position, the client will accommodate only you, but not your family. You will share the accommodation with other female candidates, who are currently living there. 

For this position, you will be in charge of:

• Assisting the client while he is traveling. This position is an active Executive Personal Assistant position. You would be required to travel with the Principal as required.
• Assisting the client with all his demands regarding the organization of his agenda
• Taking care of booking the flight tickets
• Taking care of booking the luggages
• Taking care of booking the hotel rooms
• Preparing for the client's business meetings
• Assisting the client when he needs to do shopping
• Booking/making reservations for restaurants 
• Additional administrative tasks as would be defined by the client during the interview

Desired profile

You are:

• A French native with a perfect level in French & English (writing, reading, listening and speaking)
• Coming from the Hospitality and Corporate field before
• Significant successful experience working with VIPs, VVIPs or Private families - in assisting & administrative settings - you must have 5 to 7 years of experience as a Executive PA. 
• You have experience in handling administrative and financial aspects of this responsibility
• You have worked in an international purview from a wide perspective
• You are extremely reactive in conflict resolution and handling last-minute arrangements
• You are 
• A strong multitasker, detail and result-oriented person
• Very well organized and have the ability to deal with pressure and time constraints
• Calm, pleasant and discreet
• Punctual and well presented, and have good communication skills
• Having knowledge in all kind of services
• Giving a great importance to respect with hygiene and safety procedures and rules
• Working efficiently under operational pressure
• You have a strong positive attitude and you are a smiling person
• You are extremely flexible and you do understand that working for VIPs requires flexibility
• You have a strong sense of service
• Very flexible, dynamic, multitasker 
• Hard-working and always available

Salary :  EUR 4500 - 5000 (depending on profiles and experience) 

(Salary could be paid UAD or in Euros if you wish).

Package : 

• Accommodation covered by the employer ( apartment, you are not living in the owner's property)
• Private Health Insurance covered by the employer
• Minimum One flight per year to go back to visit your family or your country
• Car at your disposal or Chauffeur at your disposal
• Visa covered by your employer