ELVARIDAH
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Salary: ₦500,000 – ₦600,000 per month
Job Type: Full-time
Work Mode: Fully Onsite
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Industry: Fitness & Wellness
About the Company
ELVARIDAH is a fast-growing fitness and wellness company focused on transforming lives through innovative fitness solutions, exceptional customer experiences, and operational excellence.
The company is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and strategic Executive Assistant to serve as a trusted partner to its executive leadership team. This is more than a traditional administrative position; the successful candidate will help drive execution, coordinate strategic initiatives, and ensure organizational priorities translate into measurable results.
Role Summary
The Executive Assistant will provide high-level strategic, operational, and administrative support to executive leadership. The role involves managing executive priorities, coordinating cross-functional projects, facilitating communication, tracking deliverables, and supporting the successful execution of key business objectives.
The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong business acumen, exceptional organizational skills, discretion, project management expertise, and the ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Support
- Manage the executive’s calendar, appointments, travel arrangements, and daily priorities.
- Prepare meeting agendas, presentations, reports, briefing notes, and executive correspondence.
- Screen communications, prioritize requests, and ensure timely follow-up.
- Serve as a trusted liaison between executive leadership and internal or external stakeholders.
- Anticipate executive needs and proactively resolve scheduling and operational challenges.
Strategic Project Management
- Support the planning, execution, and monitoring of strategic business initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functional projects from inception to completion.
- Track project milestones, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Identify bottlenecks and escalate issues when necessary.
- Develop project trackers, dashboards, and status reports for executive review.
- Conduct research, analyze information, and prepare recommendations to support decision-making.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate activities across Operations, Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Finance, HR, and Fitness Operations.
- Ensure departmental priorities align with organizational objectives.
- Follow up with department heads regarding action items and key deliverables.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between teams.
- Monitor strategic initiatives and ensure timely execution.
Priority & Performance Management
- Maintain an executive action tracker and monitor high-priority initiatives.
- Support the setting and execution of organizational priorities.
- Track KPIs, operational metrics, and departmental performance indicators.
- Prepare executive reports highlighting progress, risks, and recommendations.
- Follow up on commitments and action points to promote accountability.
Meeting & Communication Management
- Coordinate executive meetings, leadership meetings, and strategy sessions.
- Take accurate meeting minutes and distribute actionable follow-up items.
- Monitor the completion of assigned action points.
- Draft professional emails, presentations, business documents, and executive communications.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive company information.
Business Operations Support
- Assist with improving internal processes and operational efficiency.
- Coordinate special projects and business initiatives.
- Maintain organized documentation and records for strategic projects.
- Support budgeting, vendor coordination, procurement, and administrative activities when required.
- Perform other duties that contribute to achieving organizational objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Project Management, Economics, or a related discipline.
- 3–5 years of experience as an Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff, Project Coordinator, Operations Coordinator, or in a similar strategic support role.
- Experience supporting C-suite executives or senior leadership is highly preferred.
- Experience in a fast-paced startup, fitness, hospitality, healthcare, retail, or service-oriented environment is an advantage.
Required Skills & Competencies
- Excellent project management and execution skills.
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong business and commercial acumen.
- Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking abilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- High level of professionalism, integrity, and discretion.
- Strong decision-making and prioritization skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
- Familiarity with Google Workspace.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Performance will be evaluated based on:
- Timely completion of strategic projects.
- Effective management of executive calendars and priorities.
- Percentage of action items completed within agreed timelines.
- Cross-functional project delivery performance.
- Quality and timeliness of executive reports.
- Stakeholder satisfaction and communication effectiveness.
- Improvements in operational efficiency through process coordination.
- Accuracy and completeness of meeting documentation and follow-ups.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, execution-driven, and emotionally intelligent. They should be confident when communicating with stakeholders at different levels and capable of bringing structure to a fast-moving environment.
The successful candidate must be able to anticipate needs, coordinate multiple teams, manage competing priorities, and ensure strategic objectives are executed effectively. Strong judgment, confidentiality, professionalism, and the ability to work under pressure are essential.
Salary: ₦500,000 – ₦600,000 per month
Work Location: In person, Victoria Island, Lagos
If you’re interested in this role, check out more information on the official website And apply now!