At Koala we believe that designing better habitats leads to better lives – for our people, our planet, and the communities we’re part of. For a decade we have been perfecting our approach to furniture design; creating beautiful, flexible, innovative and sustainable products that solve the needs of real people.

WHY WE HAVE THIS ROLE @ KOALA

At Koala, we’re building a high-performance culture. To us, this means continually working smarter and challenging ourselves to get the most out of every day - this is how we achieve our goals. The Executive Assistant is a role that is integral to helping our CEO and Co-Founder, as well as the larger Executive Leadership team, perform at their very best. We are currently seeking a candidate for a 12+ month contract/parental leave cover. This is a key role in supporting the needs of our Executive by providing quality support while contributing to the efficiency of the business. You’ll be able to anticipate the needs and provide focused direction on projects by resolving issues before they arise. If you’re keen to be challenged in a fast growing environment, and to get your hands dirty leveraging AI to do it, you’ll thrive here!

WHAT KEY RESPONSIBILITIES DOES THIS ROLE HAVE @ KOALA?

• This is a broad and busy role and requires an extraordinary individual who thrives on achieving their goals in a very fast-paced environment. These are some of the things you’ll own:
• Complex management of diary, inbox, and travel. Using your exceptional organisational skills to ensure their time is being spent as efficiently as possible
• Provide both professional and some personal assistance to ensure the Executive’s time and priorities are effectively managed
• Plan and schedule Leadership Team activities such as off-sites, strategy sessions, business reviews, etc
• Drive accountability and action with direct reports by following up on key action items and deliverables
• Manage information requests from internal and external stakeholders, including Investors
• Manage priority lists on a daily basis
• Conduct strategic research to prepare documents, agendas, presentations and reports
• Hospitality for key stakeholders
• Ad-hoc projects that support our growth
• General support to the Leadership Team