Senior Hospitality Assistant, French & English Speaking, Permanent, Dubai, UAE

SENIOR HOSPITALITY ASSISTANT POSITION 

NO EXECUTIVE/CORPORATE ASSISTANTS - THE CLIENT IS NOT LOOKING FOR THIS PROFILE.

If you have the required experience and skills, if you are a hard working individual with the proper mindset and if you are willing to live the "Dubai dream", working hard and evolving with High Net Worth Individuals, this position is for you. 

FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST BE FLUENT IN FRENCH AND IN ENGLISH

About the Client

This is a position that is based in Dubai, UAE.

The client is a CEO of a large corporation in Dubai. He is a HNW Individual.

You would be his Senior Hospitality Assistant 

The package:

This position is a LIVE in position - all though you will be in a DEDICATED accommodation (apartment) and you will not be living within the property of the family. Family will cover the cost for your accommodation. You will be sharing the apartment with another female candidate, you will have one bedroom each of course. Basically, you will be sharing the kitchen and the living room.

There are many advantages in the work package such as:

• paid accommodation, 
• private medical health insurance (equally covered by your employer)
• and a car will be at your disposal or a private chauffeur. 
• flights to go to Dubai covered by the employer

Given the fact that all these mentioned expenses will be covered by your employer, the package is very interesting. 

The project:

The family is looking for a Senior Hospitality Assistant with significant experience in Hospitality (Luxury Hotels, Resorts, Palaces, Chalets, etc.) and/or background in Yachting, who is able to start to work reasonably soon, depending on the path of the recruitment process of course. 

The client is NOT looking for an Executive Assistant or a Corporate Assistant (even though your skills would be perfectly transposable), he will only consider profiles who have extensive experience in hospitality and who already have previous experiences as Personal Assistant for private UHNWI / families. 

This is a permanent contract. There will be a period of trial (defined by the client during the interview). The trial period could be up to 3 months.

You must have several years of experience working as a Personal Assistant for VIPs and you are used to handling:

• flight arrangements, 
• bookings for hotels 
• and taking care of personal goods, especially while traveling with the Principal and registering those goods and items
• organizing private events such as dinners, parties, 
• you have a great sense of service, table service
• you are used to travel with the Principals and organize all their luggage, all the bookings for extra luggage and specific goods.

You would be assisting the Principal in the capacity defined by the client, and being in the scope of his operations based in Dubai and France, and other countries. 

You will be travelling to:

• Europe, mainly France ( the client would prefer a candidate who already knows France, he is passionate about France and travels to France a lot already)
• USA
• Japan

All initial interviews will be telephonic interviews, and the final interviews would be organized in-person, directly in Dubai. The client pays for all the flights.

The client is looking for someone with significant experience working for VIPs, UHNWI and Private families before as a Personal/Executive Assistant.

In order to apply for this position, you must take a LIVE-IN position, the client will accommodate only you, but not your family. You will share the accommodation with another female candidate, who is currently living there and working for the family on a similar position. 

For this position, you will be in charge of:

• Assisting the client while he is traveling. This position is an active Personal Assistant position. 
• You would be required to travel with the Principal as required.
• Assisting the client with all his demands regarding the organization of his agenda
• Taking care of booking the flight tickets
• Taking care of booking the luggages
• Taking care of booking the hotel rooms
• Preparing for the client's business meetings
• Assisting the client when he needs to do shopping
• Booking/making reservations for restaurants 
• Additional administrative tasks as would be defined by the client during the interview

Desired profile

You are:

• A French native with a perfect level in French & English (writing, reading, listening and speaking)
• Coming from the Hospitality (Luxury Hotels, Chalets, Palaces, Resorts, etc.) and/or Yachting industry
• Significant successful experience working with VIPs, VVIPs or Private families - in assisting & administrative settings - you must have 7 to 10 years of experience as a PA. 
• You have worked in an international purview from a wide perspective
• You are extremely reactive in conflict resolution and handling last-minute arrangements
• A strong multitasker, detail and result-oriented person
• Very well organized and have the ability to deal with pressure and time constraints
• Calm, pleasant and discreet
• Punctual and well presented, and have good communication skills
• Having knowledge in all kind of services
• Giving a great importance to respect with hygiene and safety procedures and rules
• Working efficiently under operational pressure
• You have a strong positive attitude and you are a smiling person
• You are extremely flexible and you do understand that working for VIPs requires flexibility
• You have a strong sense of service
• Very flexible, dynamic, multitasker 
• Hard-working and always available

Salary :  EUR 6000 - 8000 net/month (depending on profiles and experience) 

(Salary could be paid UAD or in Euros if you wish).

Package : 

• Accommodation covered by the employer ( apartment, you are not living in the owner's property)
• Private Health Insurance covered by the employer
• Minimum One flight per year to go back to visit your family or your country
• Car at your disposal or Chauffeur at your disposal
• Visa