Chief Assistant jobs in UAE

Salary: £100,000–£150,000, depending on experience
Location: Dubai preferred, with accommodation provided. An alternative base will be considered for an exceptional candidate.
Travel: Extensive international travel and significant flexibility required.

Highborn Global is conducting a confidential search for an exceptional Executive Assistant / Chief of Staff to support a Dubai-based international entrepreneur whose businesses employ approximately 2,000 people.

With multiple residences and a family living internationally, the principal requires a highly accomplished individual capable of coordinating a complex business and private life with precision, authority and absolute discretion.

The appointment

This is a senior position of considerable trust and responsibility. The successful candidate will act as the principal’s right hand, anticipating needs, protecting their time, driving priorities forward and ensuring that commitments across business, family and household operations are delivered to an exacting standard.

The scope extends from liaising with senior executives and professional advisers to coordinating household staff, international residences, travel and arrangements involving the principal’s children. Every detail matters, and the ability to move confidently between strategic priorities and practical execution is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Take ownership of the principal’s complex diary, priorities and commitments across multiple time zones.
• Act as the central point of coordination between the principal, family office, business leadership, advisers and household teams.
• Translate instructions into clear actions, follow through consistently and ensure accountability.
• Plan and oversee intricate international travel, including accompanying the principal when required.
• Coordinate arrangements across multiple homes, ensuring staff and service providers are fully briefed and prepared.
• Manage sensitive family logistics, including children’s schedules and travel, with discretion and care.
• Prepare briefings, manage correspondence and ensure the principal has the information needed to make decisions.
• Anticipate problems, resolve competing demands and respond calmly to last-minute changes.
• Maintain strict confidentiality across all business, personal and family matters.

Essential experience and qualities

Candidates must bring at least 10 years’ directly relevant experience within private family offices, ideally 15 years or more, including substantial experience personally supporting a highly demanding, high-profile entrepreneur or principal.

We are seeking someone who can demonstrate:

• A proven record of operating at the highest level in a complex international private office.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organisational discipline and consistent follow-through.
• The judgement and confidence to act independently within agreed authority and recognise when to escalate.
• The gravitas to work effectively with senior executives, advisers and household staff.
• The ability to anticipate a principal’s requirements and remain several steps ahead.
• Composure, resourcefulness and sound judgement under sustained pressure.
• Absolute discretion, professional boundaries and a deeply service-minded approach.
• Strong tenure and impeccable, verifiable references from comparable appointments.

Working expectations

This role does not follow fixed office hours. It requires substantial flexibility across time zones, extensive travel and responsiveness to changing business and family needs, including evenings and weekends when required.

Applicants must understand the demands of supporting an international entrepreneur at this level and have already demonstrated their ability to thrive in a comparable environment.

Package and location

A salary of £100,000–£150,000 is offered, depending on experience. Dubai is the preferred base, with accommodation provided for a candidate based there. An alternative location may be considered for the right person, subject to the availability and travel requirements of the role.

Applications will be handled in strict confidence. Only candidates with substantial, directly relevant private family office experience should apply.