Currie & Brown is currently looking for a secretary for our directors and project teams in the Hong Kong office.

Responsibilities for the successful candidate will include:

• Providing the full spectrum of secretarial service to directors
• Assisting the directors in executing business projects and monitoring progress
• Communicating with management on operational issues and ensuring proper reporting
• Managing the contact database, filing and assisting with marketing tasks
• Arranging meetings and taking minutes
• Organising and maintaining diaries and making appointments
• Arranging transport, travel, visas and accommodation
• Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests and handling them when appropriate
• Meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority
• Preparing various correspondences, reports, proposals, minutes and presentation material
• Translating documents from English to Chinese or vice versa
• Assisting technical staff in typing documents and finishing them before the deadline
• Serving other directors when the respective secretary is on leave
• Attending company functions and providing reception service when required
• Helping with other supporting departments’ duties when required
• Complying with quality assurance policies and procedures
• Supporting any ad-hoc projects as assigned by superiors

Requirements:

• A minimum of one year’s related experience
• Experience in the construction industry or quantity surveying company an advantage
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills in Chinese and English
• Excellent skills in word processing, PowerPoint and a knowledge of a range of software packages
• Ability to work independently, under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to research, digest, analyse and present material clearly and concisely
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Polite and efficient phone manner
• Honest and reliable
• Attention to detail
• Discretion and understanding of confidentiality issue

Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.

Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.

With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.