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Executive Assistant Jobs in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia at Taylor’s Education Group
Title: Executive Assistant
Company: Taylor’s Education Group
Location: Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), this role provides high-level executive, administrative, and operational support to ensure the effective functioning of the CTO's office. The Executive Assistant serves as a trusted partner to the CTO, supporting the management of strategic priorities, transformation initiatives, stakeholder engagement, communications, and day-to-day operations.
The ideal candidate is highly organised, proactive, resourceful, and able to operate with discretion in a fast-paced, complex environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Executive & Administrative Support
- Provide comprehensive executive support to the CTO, including complex calendar management, scheduling, and prioritisation of meetings and commitments.
- Coordinate domestic and international travel arrangements, including flights, accommodation, visas, ground transportation, travel itineraries, and expense claims.
- Manage correspondence, emails, meeting requests, and communications on behalf of the CTO.
- Prepare high-quality briefing materials, presentations, reports, executive summaries, and correspondence.
- Screen and prioritise incoming requests, ensuring timely responses and appropriate escalation of matters.
- Support the effective management of the CTO's time and competing priorities.
- Ensure the smooth day-to-day operations of the CTO's office.
2. Strategic & Operational Support
- Assist the CTO in tracking strategic objectives, transformation initiatives, and key business priorities.
- Monitor action items, deliverables, and deadlines arising from leadership meetings.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and status updates for ongoing projects and operational initiatives.
- Coordinate follow-up activities across teams to ensure timely execution of agreed actions.
- Support budget tracking, procurement requests, and administrative processes where required.
3. Project & Initiative Coordination
- Support the planning and coordination of transformation initiatives, digital projects, and strategic programs.
- Maintain project plans, action logs, risk registers, and progress reports.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across teams and business stakeholders.
- Track progress and provide regular updates to the CTO on key initiatives and milestones.
4. Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a key liaison between the CTO and internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate interactions with senior leadership, business units, vendors, partners, and consultants.
- Organise leadership meetings, workshops, town halls, and forums.
- Prepare meeting agendas, record minutes, and monitor follow-up actions.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships across the organisation.
5. Governance, Reporting & Compliance
- Support governance processes, committee meetings, and leadership forums.
- Prepare and coordinate documentation for executive meetings, management committees, and board presentations.
- Maintain records of key decisions, actions, and approvals.
- Ensure documentation is organised, accurate, and managed in accordance with organisational requirements.
- Support compliance with internal policies and governance standards.
6. Communications & Office Management
- Draft professional communications including announcements, presentations, speeches, executive updates, and briefing notes.
- Assist in preparing communication materials related to strategic initiatives and organisational updates.
- Coordinate visits, events, and meetings hosted by the CTO's office.
- Handle highly confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.
- Support other administrative and operational duties as required.
MINIMUM ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management, Communications, Information Technology, or a related discipline from a recognised institution.
- Minimum 5–8 years of relevant experience as a Personal Assistant, Executive Assistant, or similar role supporting senior leadership
- Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives (e.g. C-suite, Provost, Vice-Chancellor, or equivalent)
- Familiarity with professional office tools (e.g. Microsoft Office, Google Workspace)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Experience operating in complex, fast-paced organisational environments
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, and stakeholders simultaneously
- Strong track record in preparing executive-level documents, reports, and communications
- Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion
- Experience coordinating high-level meetings, committees, or governance processes
- Strong organisational, time management, and problem-solving capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Adaptability, responsiveness, and ability to support evolving executive needs
COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES)
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality
- Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace
- Ability to work independently and proactively in a dynamic environment
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset
- Adaptability and flexibility to changing priorities