Personal Assistant & HR Administrative Assistant
Job Purpose
This role will hand to handle confidential information by serving as a trusted assistant to the CEO (main responsibility) while supporting the Human Resources function in key administrative areas.
The incumbent must demonstrate exceptional discretion, responsiveness, strong follow-through, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Reporting to the CEO, the successful incumbent must be able to handle multiple workstreams and competing interests concurrently.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, proactive, and confidential administrative and operational support to the CEO:
- Calendar & Schedule Management
- Manage complex calendars across internal and external commitments
- Coordinate meetings, appointments, and events, ensuring optimal time prioritisation
- Anticipate scheduling conflicts and proactively resolve them
- Correspondence & Communication
- Act as a gatekeeper, prioritising and managing incoming requests
- Liaise with internal stakeholders, external partners, and government agencies where required
- Travel & Logistics Coordination
- Arrange travel itineraries, accommodation, and transport
- Manage claims and expense reporting
- Operational & Personal Support
- Handle confidential matters with professionalism and discretion
- Provide ad hoc support for both corporate and public-facing responsibilities
- Anticipate needs and take initiative to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
- Meeting & Event Support
- Prepare meeting agendas, briefing materials, and presentations
- Take minutes and track action items, ensuring timely follow-through
- Coordinate logistics for meetings, events, and official engagements
- Calendar & Schedule Management
- Human Resources Administration by providing administrative support across key HR functions:
- Training Administration
- Serve as the Point of Contact (POC) for the organisation’s Learning Management System (LMS)
- Coordinate training registrations, vendor liaison, billing, and payment processing
- Employee Engagement
- Plan and support the organisation of official events; coordinate logistics, communications, and vendor management for events including Annual Management Retreat, National Day Observance Ceremony (NDOC), Employee orientation programmes, Festive celebrations and engagement initiatives
- Government Surveys & Reporting
- Support completion and submission of government-mandated surveys (e.g. IMDA, MOM, WSG)
- HR Operations Support
- Support Reconciliation of payments with Finance colleagues (i.e. Government grants/subsidies disbursements)
- Ad Hoc Duties
- Undertake additional administrative or project-based tasks as assigned by the CEO or HR team
- Training Administration
Qualifications & Work Experience
- Diploma in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field
- Proven experience in executive support and/or HR administration preferred
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multitask effectively
- High level of discretion and professionalism in handling confidential information
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proactive, resourceful, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Skills
- Proactiveness & Initiative – anticipates needs and takes action without prompting
- Follow-through – ensures tasks are tracked and completed to closure
- Adaptability – able to manage shifting priorities and demands
- Stakeholder Management – builds effective working relationships internally and externally
- Confidentiality & Integrity – handles sensitive matters with utmost discretion