Personal Assistant

Marcilly Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,200 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday

Medical & annual flight

Job summary

Marcilly Recruitment is seeking a PA to provide personal, lifestyle, and business support for a high-net-worth British family in Dubai. This role, requiring 5+ years of experience, is 80% personal and 20% business, focusing on diary management and communication coordination.

The position offers a salary of AED 20,000 - 25,000, along with benefits including a discretionary annual bonus and 25 days holiday. Experience in a luxury or HNW environment is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience working as a PA, ideally within a creative, luxury or HNW/UHNW environment.
• Positive, warm and engaging personality with the ability to build relationships with people at all levels.
• Extremely high level of discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate calendars, appointments, and engagements for a principal.
• Coordinate meetings, calls, and commitments across time zones.
• Manage email, correspondence, and confidential communications.

Skills

5+ years’ experience as a PA

Strong organisational skills

Discretion and confidentiality

Quick response times

Fluent English

Job description

PA Job Description

Marcilly Recruitment’s lovely HNW client in Dubai is seeking a PA to provide high-level personal, lifestyle and business support for a HNW British family in Dubai. The role requires absolute discretion, strong organisational skills, and the ability to manage schedules, communications, and logistics seamlessly in a high-profile setting.

Salary: AED 20,000- 25,000

Benefits: discretionary annual bonus; 25 days holiday; medical & annual flight

Hours:09:00 – 18:00 Monday to Friday

Location: Dubai, UAE – office and household based

Start date:ASAP – they need people already based here in Dubai with a max 2 weeks’ notice period

The role is based in the office the majority of the time, but then you will be based from the house on the palm when needed (1-3 days a week depending on what is going on).

This is an 80% personal role with 20% business which will include inbox and diary management on a business and personal level. You will also have to liaise with the family office in the UK for various business interests and their international property portfolio.

They are a lovely family to support, and they are looking for a proactive and responsive assistant who understands professional boundaries, but someone they can still get on well with to ensure a collaborative working relationship.

This is a fun and exciting role given the business landscape and the personal side of things. It will require flexibility out of ours

PA Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate calendars, appointments, and engagements for a principal with constantly changing priorities
• Coordinate meetings, calls, and commitments across time zones, most notably liaising with the businesses and family office in the UK
• Manage email, correspondence, and confidential communications
• Act as a gatekeeper, prioritising requests and managing time effectively
• Prepare agendas, itineraries, schedules, and daily overviews as required
• Coordinate personal appointments, travel, and lifestyle arrangements
• Manage private bookings, memberships, and exclusive reservations
• Oversee personal logistics, household-related matters, and ad hoc requests
• Plan and manage international travel itineraries. Coordinate flights, visas, ground transportation, and accommodation
• Deal with the admin for the three household staff
• Coordinate schedules for the whole family, liaise with nurseries, manage admin etc
• Manage the property here in the UAE, including utilities, maintenance etc
• Handle highly sensitive information with absolute discretion
• Manage the admin for the family pets
• Personal shopping
• Hospitality management
• Support ad hoc projects and provide executive-level assistance as needed

PA Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience working as a PA, ideally within a creative, luxury or HNW/UHNW environment
• Be based here in the UAE ready to start ASAP
• Prior UAE experience is not a prerequisite for the PA as long as they know the UAE and are living here already
• Positive, warm and engaging personality with the ability to build relationships with people at all levels
• Quick response times and strong communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilitiesFlexibility and adaptability to ever-changing demands
• Extremely high level of discretion and confidentiality
• Fluent English is a must with perfect spelling and grammar
• Team player with proven prior success