Executive Assistant for the Chief People Officer

Are you a proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment? Do you have a passion for enabling leaders to perform at their best?
Join the inner circle of DNV’s global leadership team as an Executive Assistant to our Chief People Officer (CPO).

This is more than a traditional assistant position — it plays a critical part in enabling the Chief People Officer in leading transformative efforts across our global people strategy. This position offers a broad variety of tasks and is a unique opportunity to get on-the-job insight into the business of DNV.

As the Executive Assistant, you will be a trusted partner and right hand, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and enabling the CPO to focus on high-impact leadership and transformation. You will manage a wide range of responsibilities, from calendar and travel coordination to preparing executive-level presentations and supporting key HR projects.

Through this work, you will be exposed to, and collaborate with, a wide range of people from all levels of the DNV organization.

As you will be working closely with the CPO who holds responsibility for a very important discipline and supporting her through demanding and fast-paced days, it is essential that you maintain a keen attention to detail while also keeping a broad, holistic view. You should be equally enthusiastic about embracing new challenges as you are committed to executing administrative and routine tasks with precision and efficiency. Your ideas and suggestions for improving collaboration and workflows across the support roles for all Group Officers will be highly valued.

In your role as assistant to a member of the Executive Committee, we trust that you are strongly motivated to help make her workdays as smooth and productive as possible while also ensuring she has sufficient time for preparation, breaks, and reflection. To succeed in this, you will need to proactively manage her calendar, anticipate needs, and stay several steps ahead to identify opportunities where your planning and foresight can make a meaningful difference.

Your tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Provide administrative support to the CPO, including calendar management, meeting and travel scheduling, expense reporting, as well as support to the Group People team.
• Plan and schedule meetings, including but not limited to proposing agenda topics, preparing materials, taking minutes, and following up on actions.
• Support with the long-term planning of meetings such as People Leader team gatherings, Senior People Management meetings, Global People Summits,
• Country Chair meetings and other events. 
• Help organize social events and gatherings.
• Collect and review input for internal reports to e.g. the Executive Committee (EC) and Group CEO’s Report to the Board of Directors.
• Assist with uploads and documentation for DNV’s Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee.
• Give input to, prepare and review presentations and written material for internal and external use.
• Take part in or lead projects and governance tasks as agreed with the CPO.
• Support budget preparations and monitoring, including invoice handling.
• Manage documents and content in tools like SharePoint and Teams and handle a variety of ad-hoc tasks.
• Plan and prepare business travel for the CPO.

• A meaningful job with one of Norway’s most attractive employers. We are ranked #3 in the Young Professional Attractiveness Index 2020 and Norway’s most attractive employer 2019 by Randstad.
• A strong company culture with an emphasis on competence development
• Great colleagues who value teamwork and support
• International working environment
• Interesting and challenging projects, both national and international
• The possibility to grow and develop your competencies and ambitions within DNV
• Be part of a world-leading company that has a global reach with more than 12 000 employees around to world and is headquartered in Norway.
• Attractive total compensation package
• 6 weeks annual vacation
• Flexible working hours and focus on work/life balance
• Free shuttle bus from Sandvika and Skøyen
• Close access to the sea and surrounding park with possibility for different outdoor activities

To thrive and succeed in this role, we believe that you are self-driven, flexible yet detail oriented. You enjoy being part of a fast-paced working environment with multiple tasks, complexity, unforeseen events, and dynamic schedules. Your proactive mindedness, service orientation, diplomatic approach, and ability to act with urgency will be some of your strongest assets.

We are looking for a candidate who is motivated to get to know the DNV business from a Group perspective. You are highly adaptable and comfortable with effectively managing changes in a pragmatic and confident way.

You can influence, build and bridge networks and relationships to achieve results. You are a keen ambassador of our Purpose, Vision, and Values and you demonstrate an excellent service attitude.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; advanced degree or executive support certification is a plus
• Proven experience supporting senior executives, ideally within global or matrixed organizations
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills in English; Norwegian proficiency is a plus
• Strong project management capabilities and digital fluency (e.g., Teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint)
• Highly efficient, structured, and analytical with the ability to see things from various perspectives, as well as forward-thinking and solution oriented.
• Demonstrate significant results characterized by quality and precision.
• High integrity, confidentiality, and emotional intelligence

The position at based in Høvik outside Oslo and local conditions apply
The position reports to the CPO.

Application deadline: 31 August 2025 at 23:55 CEST