Business Support Executive

Job Overview

Lehr is looking for a Business Support Executive with entrepreneurial acumen to join our team, to shape the Support of the organisation and drive its future success. This is not your every-day support role, and we are not your every-day company….

This brand-new role has arisen due to our growth, and presents a rare opportunity for someone to execute and implement our approach to Support, while adding their creativity too. Working directly with the management, you will be responsible for supporting growth and coordination across a number of critical areas: growth, support, operations, marketing. All in line with our global framework and strategy.

The emphasis is on effective support that achieves results through and with people. The job environment is flexible, constantly changing and provides opportunity for growth, recognition and reward for the achievement of business results. As such, there is potential for this position to become a part of the Global Management Team.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit/present a “Statement of Purpose” along with a cover letter. Be prepared to convince us why we should take you on for this exciting career path?

About Lehr

Lehr helps companies to create a clear roadmap for successful scalability by exposing inefficiencies, and reducing risk that comes with future growth. Through this research, we help companies to scale beyond their competition, make better business decisions, and see faster results for great impact.

Lehr uses Business Intelligence, gathered from calculated research, and develops a clear strategy to help companies make the best decisions that have the highest potential for success.

We help companies to drastically reduce the risk that comes with scaling their business, by first exposing inefficiencies and creating a clear solution that will ensure the company’s success. It’s because of research that Lehr has helped dozens of companies and organisations to scale beyond their competition, and see faster results for great impact.

Responsibilities Include

This is not just a regular office position; the selected candidate will be offered rewarding perks/privileges and opportunities to further his/her career goals.

So, if you are a passionate individual with zeal to achieve goals and make things happen, Lehr can surely reward you for that sort of talent.

• Coordinate & support communication/documentation for activities scaling the business

• Develop documents for business introductions, meetings, record keeping, business proposals and other business documents

• Prepare business presentations for stakeholders

• Write emails, call people, attend online/in-person meetings

• Promote communication between team members to increase information flow and to solve any problems that arise

• Support can span across more than one team at Lehr, so this role includes growing beyond the responsibilities above to focus on supporting new business, implementations and client service

• Drive Lehr’s core values through your own approach and thus through the team, ensuring that the team is motivated, inspired and dedicated

• Work flexibly across global time zones

• Tasks in this role will be assigned by Management

What we’re looking for

While support rigour is necessary, this is also an entrepreneurial role. You need to be willing and able to perform ad-hoc strategic projects, act as a sounding board to the management team, and be able to see what is coming around the corner from a business perspective. This is a remote working position that offers the opportunity to travel extensively, with up to 40% of your time spent at any one of our locations across Karachi, Doha, Singapore, or at one of our partners. 

You will ensure that Lehr operates and grows effectively, coordinating with key stakeholders within the company as well as clients by documenting, communicating and researching, supporting various operational and growth elements of the company’s productivity and its clients.  You are expected to make recommendations for improvement and demonstrate them to ensure continuous flow, resolving entanglements and bottlenecks, and demonstrating effective optimisation. As you do this, it will be key that you are also able to demonstrate an ability to take teams along with you, supporting a culture that fosters learning and personal development. Our remote working culture is really important to us, and a key part of your role will be to champion this across your various teams, internationally.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to distil key facts from complex issues and present them appropriately to the audience - business or technical, junior or senior

• Professional articulation & fluency in English (measurable by IELTS >7.5)

• Professional competency in business documentation & business communication 

• Highly developed reasoning and analytical skill

• Promote communication between team members to increase information flow and to solve any problems that arise

• Should be familiar using platforms such as Linkedin, Hubspot.

• Expert in using Excel/Spreadsheet for reporting/analytics

• Expert in designing business presentations

• Possesses their own computer/laptop with internet connection; Preferably owns a good performance computer/laptop 

• Can flexibly work from any location (their home/co-working space/designated location)

• Able to communicate with foreigners/C-Suite level personnel/professionals

• Can travel inside/outside Pakistan for meetings

• Can represent/communicate as a representative

• Can work independently, and autonomously

• Ability to read & understand professional business documents

• Can grow as an individual

• Expert in searching/researching information

• Should have at least 2-3 years’ experience in any executive position

• Candidate should write a cover letter/statement of purpose when applying (Carries 40% selection weightage)

Qualification:

At least a Bachelor’s Degree. Hons/Masters will be Preferred. Foreign Qualification will be a Plus.

Good Fit Desired Expertise

This role requires the ability to act independently, a sense of urgency and the confidence to handle a variety of challenges. A full commitment to the success of the business and high standards of achievement are expected in this position.

To be successful in this role you should have proven talent in an organisational framework with knowledge of the following:

• High proficiency in English (Written + Spoken)

• Proactive and Talented

• Can prove and demonstrate ideas

• Flexible and Amiable personality

• Has understanding about business management and latest trends

• Experience will be gauged in a relevant positions/accomplishments/demonstrated expertise 

• Expertise in making business documents

• Expertise in business communication acumen

• Entrepreneurial mindset

• Adaptable to company culture and with international people of all backgrounds, devoid of any prejudice or bias.

Bonus Points (Optional One or more):

• Knowledge of HTML/CSS

• Knowledge of Video editing (Adobe Premiere etc)

• Knowledge of Programming languages

• Knowledge of Digital Marketing

• Knowledge of Investment Finance

• Any creative ability that can add value to the responsibilities

• Professional proficiency in a foreign language; preferably Russian, Polish, Turkish or Cantonese

Work Hours:

• 9 hours a day, five days a week

• Weekends (Optional)

• Extra Hours/Overtime to be paid after 3 months

• Independent of location; After 3 months of employment, a coworking space can be provided.

Growth:

• Annual Increment in salary by 10-15%

• Promotion to a Managerial position

Perks:

• Provision of High Speed internet (if required)

• Sponsored travelling inside/outside Pakistan

• Provision of monthly communication budget

• Travelling: Yes

• Telecommute: Yes

• Relocation: After one year

• Bonuses and rewards on exceptional demonstration of performance/capabilities

Quiz:

Which country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined? Please include the answer in your cover letter.