Executive Assistant

Position: Executive Assistant

Location: US EST time zone

Reports to: CEO

About myAgro:

myAgro is an award-winning non-profit social enterprise based in West Africa. We have developed a mobile savings model that allows farmers to invest their own funds in high-quality seed, fertilizer, and agricultural training to increase their harvest and income by 50-100%. Our North Star is to help 1 million farmers by 2026 lift themselves out of poverty. Learn more from myAgro's founder and CEO here. We recently received a prestigious Audacious Prize to accelerate myAgro’s reach in the next 5 years. Join a winning team that is changing the lives of hardworking farmers across West Africa.

About the Role:

The Executive Assistant will report to the CEO and provide direct administrative and logistical scheduling support to myAgro's CEO and other members of the Executive Team. You will be a team player who anticipates needs and ensures high-quality results.

You Will:

• Plan daily schedules and projected monthly schedules, internal and external meetings, events, and travel arrangements with consistency.
• Be the first point of contact for several high-level relationships between the CEO, other myAgro Executives, and external contacts. Prioritize inquiries and requests while troubleshooting conflicts; make judgments and recommendations to ensure smooth arrangements.
• Schedule Board of Directors quarterly meetings, Board Committee meetings, and 1:1s between CEO and each Director, and handle all logistics for meetings.
• Correspond to internal and external contacts on time while ensuring the information provided is accurate, free of grammatical and spelling errors, and kept confidential.
• Arrange travel for the CEO, including complex international and domestic trips. Securing visas, booking hotels, coordinating local transportation, and handling other travel-related logistics.
• Track expenses and follow guidelines to report and file.
• Coordinate on-sites/off-sites for management, leadership, and executive teams and organizational meetings.
• Work as a member of the team by providing backup support for colleagues

You Have:

• 5+ years of progressively complex administrative and scheduling experience – preferably supporting senior management or C-level executive(s).
• High proficiency in scheduling for a busy Executive with experience prioritizing and making decisions when scheduling and managing scheduling changes
• Work without constant management or guidance
• Passion for myAgro's work and mission
• Fluency in English; proficiency in French preferred

Our Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Approximately 4 weeks of paid time off each year
• Parental leave
• Professional development and laptop stipends
• The opportunity to make a difference for farmers every day!