What does the role require?
Honestly, the role of an Athena Executive Partner is limitless.
There isn't a one description fits all as the role is wonderfully varied based on our clients needs. Athena XPs, in addition to the below day-to-day requirements, have planned weddings, organized dinner parties, forged new friendships and business relationships, developed new skills like web design, and produced podcasts - and that's just to name a few.
Day-to-day requirements:
- Optimize your clients time and priorities to help them reach their ambitious goals
- Take ownership and manage calendars and scheduling
- Research and develop plans for your clients personal and professional growth
- Surprise and delight your client by demonstrating initiative
- Build rapport with your clients network and team and help to manage these important relationships
- Drive internal and external communications, presentations, reports, and social media
What is needed to have a successful career as an Athena XP?
- Whilst we invest in your training and development, you will need to provide your own device.
- Upon successful completion of your training, you will be issued an Athena MacBook.
- RAM minimum: 8GB (however 16GB is recommended)
- For Laptop: 8th generation (8000 series) Core i5 or better; AMD Ryzen series processors
- For Desktop: Ryzen 5 3000 series and above. If Core i3 - 10th generation or higher.
- For Mac: Core i5 - 2017 or higher Core i7 - 2016 or higher (not recommended : Core i3)
- Residing in Nairobi, Kenya
- Internet connection: Download speed - 30 Mbps minimum; Upload speed - 15 Mbps minimum
- Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written
- Willingness to work full-time (40 hours/week) at a time that suits your client (often US timezones)
- Working knowledge of Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, Slides) and productivity and project management tools/apps
- Preferably experienced with online/remote/virtual work, however not essential
- A charismatic can-do attitude
- A police clearance is required for successful candidates and should be readily available once identified for the role.
Who are we looking for?
The Athena business is growing and its a very exciting time to join (not just because we have an annual conference in beautiful parts of the world to celebrate our success!) but because we have created a business that cares about people - and we want to help them to become the best they can be.
We have intentionally set a very high standard for our XPs and our culture is also of a high standard of performance (but so is our fun facto!).
We are excited to offer career opportunities to people who:
- Has experience working on US timezone shifts.
- Are motivated by impact and driven by wanting to help others
- Embody trust and dependability
- Can tackle complex problems and offer creative solutions
- Take pride in the quality of their work and in constantly improving
- Foster a strong desire to learn and develop
- Have deep emotional and social intelligence
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time