Position: Admin Assistant
Location: Dubai, UAE
Executive Summary
Join an amazing group of people at OliOli® and help their mission to deliver exciting, joyful, differentiated, world-class, and incredibly fun experiences to children that nurture their innate sense of curiosity and exploration.
OliOli® (means joy in the Hawaiian language) is a multiple award-winning contemporary childrens museum that opened to rave reviews in 2017. Founded by a group of parents who are passionate about open-ended non-judgmental play, OliOli® entails 8 interactive galleries comprising over 45 hands-on exhibits.
Position Overview
The Admin Assistant will provide comprehensive administrative support across multiple functions, including HR administration, procurement, café & inventory, corporate affairs and office.
Principal Accountabilities:
HR Administration:
- Assist in processing paperwork related to benefits, onboarding, offboarding and other employee transactions.
- Employee Records Compliance: maintain and update employee records, liaise with external PRO office to ensure that all employee documentation meets regulatory standards
- Insurance coordination: liaise with insurance provider to manage member additions, deletions, and any other insurance-related matters
- HRMS and Payroll support: assisting with time sheet management, attendance tracking and ensuring accuracy in HRMS and payroll processing
Procurement Support:
- Support the Facilities Manager in procuring a wide variety of high-quality and cost-efficient products, materials and services
- Vendor Relations: review vendor contracts, create and maintain strong and effective relationships with vendors/suppliers, negotiate prices, ensure timely deliveries and quality standard
- Procurement Planning: develop purchasing plans for equipment, services, and supplies
- Maintain updated contact list of vendors and suppliers, their qualifications, delivery times, and potential future development
- Maintain records of purchases, pricing, and other important data
Inventory & Café Administration:
- Assist in maintaining accurate inventory records, tracking stock levels, and placing orders when necessary to ensure products and supplies are readily available.
- Order and manage office supplies, ensuring all necessary materials are readily available, efficiently organized and stored
Corporate Administration & Office Support:
- Provide administrative support to the Finance Supervisor on a wide variety of tasks, including documentation management
- Assist with petty cash management, expense tracking and invoice processing
- Contract Renewals: keep track of contracts, licenses and certificate renewals for the company
- Assist with meeting scheduling and internal communications
- IT Coordination: oversee the office IT environment and liaise with external IT service provider as required
- Event and Project support: work with colleagues across all departments to proactively contribute to the success of internal and external events, programs and special projects and activities that contribute to the achievement of OliOli® objectives
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Self-starter and self-motivated, with a proactive approach who thrives working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Lots of positive energy; respectful of diversity; patient and empathetic; friendly; courteous
- High level of accuracy & attention to detail.
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- Ability to work well with management and staff at all levels.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in business administration, Finance, HR, or a related field.
- Proven experience in administrative support, ideally in a multi-functional role
- Experience in procurement, inventory management or corporate affairs is a plus
- Familiarity with Procurement systems and software
- Familiarity with UAE MOHRE & Visa processes
- Familiarity with Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)
- Tech-savvy with advanced experience with Microsoft 365 tools and features
- Knowledge of HR systems, procurement platforms, or inventory management software would be an advantage
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent