Executive Assistant - Singapore - The Bridgespan Group

Description

• Malaysia (Affiliated with Southeast Asia, Singapore office)**
  About The Bridgespan Group

Launched in 2000, The Bridgespan Group is a leading philanthropy and nonprofit advisory organization serving ambitious nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and impact investors.

Globally, we work with philanthropies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation; impact investors such as TPG's Rise Fund; bold, collaborative initiatives such as TED's Audacious project, and Co-Impact; and social change organizations such as BRAC and Noora Health.

Like our clients, we are passionate about breaking cycles of poverty, ensuring core human and civil rights, and protecting our planet.

We value diversity, passion, respect, candor, and most of all having social and environmental impact and working towards societies characterized by equity and justice.

We have an extraordinary, world-class team of 400+ employees with varied backgrounds and experiences that enables us to both consult on the ground and develop insights across projects and fields.

If you want to work with the market leader that bridges the world of game-changing philanthropists, social change leaders, and impact investors, then Bridgespan is the place for you.

Since our office opened in 2021, we have completed advisory projects on a range of issues including education, climate, health, and many others and published several knowledge reports and articles.

Our clients include prominent international and regional foundations doing work throughout Asia and beyond, such as the Tanoto Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and other large private family offices and trusts; impact investment funds such as the Temasek-funded ABC Impact; nonprofits such as Tenure Facility, the Asia Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW); and ecosystem actors such as the Asia Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN).

• Developing strategies and monitoring, learning and evaluation frameworks for a statelinked, corporate foundation
• Developing early childhood education and development and an education strategy for a family foundation
• Supporting sourcing and due diligence for a philanthropic collaborative
• Strengthening operating model for regional foundations that are experiencing rapid growth
• Supporting impact diligence and portfolio company success for impact funds
• Developing cross cutting sectoral knowledge reports, such as 'Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Green Job Growth in Southeast Asia', and 'The Philanthropic Potential of Asia's Rising Wealth', and it's companion article, '

The
Executive Assistant will perform diverse administrative and support functions for members of The Bridgespan Group's management team in Southeast Asia in support of its work with clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities include calendar management, scheduling internal and external meetings, arranging travel, coordinating logistics and technology for meetings, preparing expense reports, proofreading materials, and other related duties as and when required.

The Executive Assistant is an integral member of the global Bridgespan administrative team, and collaborates with other executive assistants and administrative teams globally (e.g., in Mumbai, India) to provide the best support and coverage possible for The Bridgespan Group's leadership team.

• Act as representative and extension of your partner(s) and manager(s) in communication to clients and internal colleagues
• Draft and proofread letters, memos, documents, presentations, and reports as requested
• Track correspondence and contact with key client relationships in client relationship management system
• Help to coordinate and track communication with existing and potential clients around TBG publications and social sector research in the TBG CRM system

• Schedule meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively resolve conflicts and prioritize commitment
• Help managers and partners prioritize and process new demands on their time
• Arrange conference rooms, catering, presentation materials, and technology as needed for meetings

• Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements including air, train, hotel, and ground transportation reservations
• Adjust reservations and any affected meetings as necessary
• Provide partners and managers with important phone numbers and reservation information in case problems arise afterhour
• Provide logistic support to team of individuals that is traveling (e.g., provide maps between