Executive Assistant / Personal Assistant

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Remote Executive Assistant managing inbox, calendar, travel, and systems for a global philanthropy consultant. Supporting nonprofit research, consulting operations, and investment deal sourcing.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and triage a very high-volume Gmail inbox, including sorting, prioritising, archiving, flagging, and drafting or sending replies
  • Own the Google Calendar across multiple time zones, including meetings, client and prospect interviews, and travel
  • Track to-dos and follow-ups and send proactive reminders and nudges
  • Communicate with contacts as a third party for scheduling and coordination, and draft or send replies on the executive’s behalf when agreed
  • Set up infrastructure for the consulting practice, including CRM, sales pipeline, follow-up tracking, and potential-client interview scheduling
  • Research CRM options and present the best options with pros and cons
  • Start and maintain a Google Sheets tracker as needed
  • Handle personal administration, including booking appointments and chasing insurance companies and service providers until issues are resolved
  • Coordinate frequent international travel, including flights, accommodation, itineraries, and calendar updates across time zones
  • Conduct first-pass research on nonprofits, potential consulting clients, and new investment opportunities
  • Use AI tools to speed up administration and help establish recurring workflows and automations

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant
  • Strong Google Workspace skills (Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Docs)
  • Experience with at least one CRM (e.g., Affinity, HubSpot, Attio, Pipedrive)
  • Experience building a simple pipeline from scratch
  • Excellent written English
  • Confident drafting emails in an executive’s voice and following up persistently but politely
  • Very organised and proactive
  • Comfortable in a startup-style setup where processes are still being built and can change quickly
  • Calm, structured, and reliable
  • Strong research skills, with the ability to summarise options clearly and make a recommendation
  • Nice to have: hands-on experience with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT) and automations; any experience building AI agents is a bonus
  • Nice to have: exposure to nonprofit, philanthropy, consulting, or investment/VC environments

Benefits:

  • 100% remote
  • $50 birthday bonus
  • $200 testimonial bonus
  • No tracker