We're looking to recruit a new office manager for the The Edge's Doha, Qatar office. The candidate needs to already be based in Qatar and hold the necessary permits to work.

General Office Duties

- Making sure that the phone is answered as quickly and efficiently as possible
- Filtering calls
- Meeting and greeting clients and other visitors to the office
- Keeping track of the whereabouts of all members of staff; who's on holiday, out of the office, on lunch etc.
- Ordering couriers - bikes and cars, as and when required
- Maintaining stock levels of all consumables
- Extensive email management; monitoring, prioritising and responding
- Organising national and international travel arrangement - flights, hotels, logistics

Management Duties

- Assist in the recruitment process for new staff members
- Analysis and collation of CV's - Partaking in the interviews of new team members where appropriate - Informing successful and unsuccessful candidates
- Holiday allocation - monitoring and approving staff holiday
- Administration of absenteeism/sickness
- Allocation of production jobs to the staff
- Tracking staff work flow and projects
- Share responsibility for a work experience participant's well-being and of the allocation of their tasks for the week. Collate and file work experience feedback questionnaires.

Duties to Assist Client Liaison

- Busy diary management - scheduling & chasing of meetings, client liaison
- Attending meetings, taking minutes, briefs and reporting back
- Building relationships with potential and existing clients
- Setting up meetings and video conferences/ calls
- Preparing/ formatting documents for clients/ meetings
- Creating PowerPoint presentations for meetings, events & presentations as required
- Liaising with creative development and sales teams on Director's behalf where appropriate/required

DESIRED EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

- Excellent people management abilities
- Ability to delegate efficiently
- Discretion
- Diplomacy
- Confidence
- Flexibility
- Proactivity
- Resilience
- Experience of working in a busy office environment
- Excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Ability to use initiative and work autonomously
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Meticulous attention to detail with excellent organisational skills
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients and colleagues