Executive Assistant, Vaisala, Academic Work Consulting Oy, Vantaa

Are you a detail-oriented and proactive individual looking for a new opportunity to advance your career? We are now looking for an Executive Assistant to support our client Vaisala’s Executive team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to take on meaningful coordinating work at a leading company in its field. If this woke your interest, read further and apply today!

About the role
This Executive Assistant role is diverse and it includes a variety of tasks. However, most of your responsibilities are centered around supporting Vaisala’s Executive team in their Industrial Measurements organization. Your workday may include tasks such as calendar management, travel bookings, organizing staff communications, providing communication support, and other administrative duties. Additionally, your role will involve assisting with event organization at the EMEA level. Event planning naturally requires extensive collaboration with various stakeholders, as well as handling specific tasks related to event coordination (sending invitations etc.)

You are offered

-A great opportunity to work close to products and systems that help save lives and mitigate climate change, e.g., in weather forecasting around the world
-A chance to join a company that is the golden standard in the world when it comes to measuring and predicting weather and other environmental phenomena
-An opportunity to grow & build a career as part of a global company with an experienced team by your side

We are looking for
-Suitable educational background
-Some prior experience in Executive Assistant/similar roles
-Excellent IT-skills (e.g. MS Office)
-Fluent written and spoken English language skills (Finnish language skills are seen as an advantage)

You will succeed in this role if you have:

-Meticulous and proactive approach to work
-Ability to see the bigger picture and prioritize its important details
-A desire to work in a support role and make others’ workdays easier

Our recruitment process
This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Do you have questions about this job?
Annina Ruokola or a colleague in the recruitment team will gladly answer you on krn10@academicwork.fi Please specify advert-ID in your email: 15108398

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.

Vaisala Oyj

Vaisala Oyj is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, our technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. Our team of over 2,300 experts and 59 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by our shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, we stay ahead and make a difference. At Vaisala, you don’t have to fit in to belong.

At Vaisala

We take every measure for the planet. Our technology and data play a vital role in understanding, mitigating, and adapting to climate change. We enable climate action from optimizing industrial processes to advancing the energy transition, predicting hurricanes and wildfires to monitoring road conditions.

Numbers speak louder than words. The engagement (4.1/5) and leadership (4.0/5) indexes in our annual employee survey show that people like it here. Commitment to equality is a given, and we have zero gender-pay gap.

When stakes are high. Our solutions provide the most accurate and reliable measurements around the globe and on Mars. 28% of us work in R&D creating science-based innovations that endure the extremes. To stay ahead of the game, we invest around 13 % of our net sales in research and development.
Full-time