CAF is hiring an Executive Assistant
Expérience
Do you believe your academic background and professional experience can help raise our organisation to the highest international standards? CAF is seeking to recruit an executive assistant within the president’s office.
Responsibilities:
Provide high-level executive, strategic, and operational support to the CAF president, acting as a trusted and discreet extension of the president’s office. The role ensures effective coordination of the president’s priorities, engagements, communications, and institutional relationships, while supporting smooth interaction between the president’s office, CAF leadership, the general secretariat, member associations, and key internal and external stakeholders. The position operates in an international, politically sensitive, and fast-paced environment and requires exceptional judgement, discretion, diplomacy, organisational ability, and the capacity to manage complex and confidential matters with a high degree of autonomy.
Executive & strategic support
Act as the principal point of coordination for the president’s office, managing a complex and constantly changing schedule of meetings, engagements, travel, and commitments.
Ensure the president is fully prepared for high-level meetings, official engagements, executive committee sessions, congresses, and other institutional events, including the preparation of agendas, briefing materials, background notes, correspondence, and talking points.
Prioritise and manage incoming requests and correspondence, maintaining an effective tracking and follow-up system to ensure timely responses, appropriate escalation, and closure of outstanding matters.
Monitor key actions, decisions, and commitments arising from meetings and ensure appropriate follow-up with relevant stakeholders.
Anticipate the president’s needs, proactively identify issues requiring attention, and manage competing priorities with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgement.
Support the president in the preparation, coordination, and follow-up of strategic initiatives, institutional priorities, high-level negotiations, official visits, and international engagements.
Political, institutional & governance coordination
Maintain effective and highly confidential working relationships with the CAF general secretary, vice-presidents, executive committee members, member association presidents, and senior football officials across Africa.
Coordinate, as appropriate, with relevant stakeholders.
Autres informations
Support the president in managing sensitive institutional and stakeholder relationships across diverse political, cultural, and linguistic environments, always exercising strong political and diplomatic judgement.
Formation / DiplĂ´mes
Coordinate the workflow between the president’s office, the general secretariat, and the administration, ensuring effective information flow, follow-up, and communication.
Coordinate the president’s participation in executive committee, standing committee, general assembly, and other governance meetings, including calendars, agendas, briefing materials, logistics, and follow-up.
Attend senior-level meetings as required, recording key decisions and action points and ensuring appropriate follow-up.
Manage communications with executive committee members, board members, and other senior stakeholders regarding meetings, events, schedules, and official engagements.
Communications, protocol & confidentiality
Draft, review, and coordinate confidential correspondence, briefing notes, speeches, talking points, and other communications for the president.
Coordinate with CAF communications and other relevant teams on presidential statements, public engagements, and media-related matters where required.
Handle highly confidential political, institutional, commercial, and personal information with absolute discretion and exercise sound judgement regarding the handling and sharing of sensitive information.
Represent the president’s office with professionalism, maturity, and discretion at all times.
International travel & high-level events
Coordinate complex international travel arrangements for the president, including multi-country itineraries, meetings, protocol requirements, and last-minute changes.
Prepare comprehensive travel briefing packs ahead of presidential missions, including itineraries, meeting schedules,
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