Executive Assistant

Executive Assistant — Dubai (on-site, full-time) AED 7,500–15,000 per month base, plus a highly competitive bonus package. Unicorns start at 15k+. We are opening an office in Dubai and need one person on the ground to run it, and to handle the things around it that would otherwise eat into senior leadership's day: vehicles, properties, government paperwork, the office itself, and travel logistics when they come up. You report to a senior Executive Assistant in our Cyprus office, who runs the schedule, priorities and planning and is your day-to-day point of contact. They decide what matters this week; you make it happen in Dubai — taking a short brief and bringing it back finished, to a standard most people would call excessive. The briefs will be short: a car that needs registering, a DEWA connection for the office, a licence renewal, a driver at the airport at 7pm. Each one comes back done properly, with nothing left to chase. The good version of this job is calm — things are handled before they become a topic, and when something is needed, it is easy. Use third parties where they are faster; do it yourself where they are not. Nothing is beneath the role and nothing is above it. What you'll own • The week's priorities as set by the senior Executive Assistant — tracked, closed and reported back without being asked • Every government and service process in Dubai, for the company and for senior leadership personally — RTA, DEWA, visas and Emirates ID, licences, Ejari, banks, telecoms — handled start to finish • The fleet: registration, insurance, Salik, fines, servicing, detailing, drivers — every car ready and spotless, always • The properties: maintenance, contractors, tenants, community fees, utilities, snagging — kept in order before anything becomes a problem • The office and its front of house: reception, visitors, supplies, cleaning, technicians, deliveries, vendors — immaculate every day • Travel on the ground: drivers, airport runs, hotels, restaurants, local bookings and visas through your PROs — so an itinerary planned abroad works perfectly in Dubai • Projects from a one-line brief to done: the office fit-out, suppliers, purchases, errands, events — anything that needs an owner • Your own bench of PROs, drivers, workshops, contractors and brokers — chosen by you, managed by you, held to your standard What you bring • Three or more years as Executive Assistant, Executive PA or office and household manager to a founder, owner or senior executive in the UAE, running both business and private affairs • Hands-on command of Dubai government and service processes — RTA, DEWA, GDRFA visas and Emirates ID, Dubai Municipality, DET and free-zone licensing, Ejari, banks and telecoms — handled end to end, in person or through licensed PROs and typing centres • An established local network of PROs, service centres, workshops, contractors, brokers and fixers, so nothing waits in a queue • Experience running a fleet of vehicles and several properties to a very high standard • A track record of taking a one-line instruction to a complex, finished result A to Z, without hand-holding or follow-up • Travel on the ground — drivers, airport runs, hotels, restaurants, local bookings and visas — arranged to the last detail • Native-level spoken and written English — clear, precise and confident on the phone with anyone from a hotel concierge to a government counter. Native Russian, Swedish or Filipino is a strong advantage. • Genuinely hands-on — happy to drive to a service centre, chase a technician or restock the office yourself, and to delegate to third parties when that is faster • Absolute discretion with personal, financial and business matters • Comfortable reporting to and taking day-to-day direction from a senior Executive Assistant based abroad — you keep them informed without being asked and never go around them • Based in Dubai with a valid UAE driving licence, reachable for the occasional out-of-hours issue Please note: a valid UAE driving licence and being in the UAE are requirements, not preferences. Applications without both will not be considered. The benefits Top-of-market pay with an aggressive bonus package. Paid annual leave. Real gifts on birthdays and work anniversaries. Premium Apple gear. Gym allowance. Daily delivery-platform credits for lunch. An international, ambitious team selected purely on talent and output. How we hire • Application review — within 24–48 hours. We read your answers properly: which Dubai processes you have run yourself, for whom, and what went wrong along the way. • Call with your future manager — a discovery call with the senior Executive Assistant in Cyprus you would report to. • Final interview — in person in Dubai or online, with senior leadership. If the fit is right, you get a top-of-the-line offer. How to apply Apply only through our site — the form includes a short set of screening questions, and that is what we review. Applications sent any other way are not read. https://craegroup.com/careers/executive-assistant-dubai Show more Show less

Three or more years as Executive Assistant, Executive PA or office and household manager to a founder, owner or senior executive in the UAE, running both business and private affairs. Hands-on command of Dubai government and service processes — RTA, DEWA, GDRFA visas and Emirates ID, Dubai Municipality, DET and free-zone licensing, Ejari, banks and telecoms — handled end to end, in person or through licensed PROs and typing centres. An established local network of PROs, service centres, workshops, contractors, brokers and fixers, so nothing waits in a queue. Experience running a fleet of vehicles and several properties to a very high standard. A track record of taking a one-line instruction to a complex, finished result A to Z, without hand-holding or follow-up. Travel on the ground — drivers, airport runs, hotels, restaurants, local bookings and visas — arranged to the last detail. Native-level spoken and written English — clear, precise and confident on the phone with anyone from a hotel concierge to a government counter. Native Russian, Swedish or Filipino is a strong advantage. Genuinely hands-on — happy to drive to a service centre, chase a technician or restock the office yourself, and to delegate to third parties when that is faster. Absolute discretion with personal, financial and business matters. Comfortable reporting to and taking day-to-day direction from a senior Executive Assistant based abroad

The week’s priorities as set by the senior Executive Assistant — tracked, closed and reported back without being asked. Every government and service process in Dubai, for the company and for senior leadership personally — RTA, DEWA, visas and Emirates ID, licences, Ejari, banks, telecoms — handled start to finish. The fleet: registration, insurance, Salik, fines, servicing, detailing, drivers — every car ready and spotless, always. The properties: maintenance, contractors, tenants, community fees, utilities, snagging — kept in order before anything becomes a problem. The office and its front of house: reception, visitors, supplies, cleaning, technicians, deliveries, vendors — immaculate every day. Travel on the ground: drivers, airport runs, hotels, restaurants, local bookings and visas through your PROs — so an itinerary planned abroad works perfectly in Dubai. Projects from a one-line brief to done: the office fit-out, suppliers, purchases, errands, events — anything that needs an owner. Your own bench of PROs, drivers, workshops, contractors and brokers — chosen by you, managed by you, held to your standard