Executive Assistant, CED Support, Job in Kenya - BURN

BURN is seeking a highly organized and analytical Executive Assistant to support the Global Director for Carbon Excellence & Distribution Support in driving cross-functional execution, governance, and strategic initiatives. The role will coordinate projects, track key priorities across teams, prepare executive-level reporting, and ensure alignment and accountability across carbon excellence and distribution support functions.

Duties and Responsibilities

Cross-Functional Governance & Execution Discipline

  • Establish and maintain a centralized functional execution tracker covering OKRs, strategic initiatives, and cross-departmental commitments.
  • Translate Director-level priorities into structured workplans with defined owners, milestones, and success metrics.
  • Conduct systematic follow-ups with functional leads to monitor progress against commitments. Identify delays, conflicting priorities, or ownership gaps and proactively drive resolution.

  • Develop structured escalation frameworks to address slippages before they impact carbon excellence or distribution performance.
  • Standardize reporting cadence across Carbon Excellence and Distribution Support to ensure consistent visibility.

Software Prioritization & Systems Governance

  • Consolidate feature requests from multiple teams into structured requirement summaries.
  • Develop impact vs effort and risk-based prioritization matrices to support decision-making by the Director.
  • Prepare briefing materials and structured data packs for roadmap prioritization meetings.
  • Track approved development items through implementation and monitor delivery timelines.

Strategic Project Leadership

  • Support cross-functional projects from scoping through execution, including:
  • Stakeholder mapping
  • Timeline planning
  • Risk identification and mitigation tracking
  • Coordinate country-level implementation tracking for governance frameworks and SOP updates.
  • Monitor project progress and provide structured status updates to the Director.

Reporting & Performance Visibility

  • Consolidate data from multiple teams into executive-ready summaries and visual reports.
  • Support preparation of monthly and quarterly performance reports

Director Representation & Executive Interface

  • Represent the Director in selected internal operational, governance, and alignment meetings.
  • Provide structured summaries of discussions, decisions, risks, and required follow-ups.
  • Ensure action items are clearly assigned and tracked to completion.
  • Prepare SMT-ready slide decks and executive briefings.
  • Serve as a first-level filter for operational issues, ensuring only material risks are escalated.
  • Maintain oversight of cross-functional communication to ensure alignment with strategic priorities.

Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Economics, Business, Environmental Science, Data Analytics, or related field.
  • 4–7 years of experience in strategy & operations, or cross-functional program support roles.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting initiatives across multiple stakeholders
  • Strong analytical capability (Advanced Excel required; experience with BI tools preferred).
  • Structured and systems-level thinker.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
  • Executive presence and confidence.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders without line authority.
  • High ownership and execution bias.
  • Strong written communication and presentation skills.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and high-growth environments.

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