Job Posting: Part-Time Personal Assistant (Kitsap County)

Sample Job Posting: Part-Time Personal Assistant To a Business Owner

Part-time:
+/- 6-8 hours a week
Work either on a Saturday or Sunday for four weeks starting Feb 15, 2017
Start time is 10 am or 11 am
Pay is X per hour

A part-time, Personal Assistant to a local, home-based business owner is needed in Poulsbo (near town).

Description
Part-time, Personal Assistant is responsible for ensuring that we’re provided with the necessary support. In addition to an ADHD, type A female boss, you must get along well with our other team members who work with us virtually.

If you are the ideal individual, you would above all act in a conscious manner towards individuals and the environment, be highly flexible, able to shift quickly and be inordinately detail-oriented; and able to manage multiple tasks.

You’re the type of person who:

• asks lots of questions
• is organized
• is willing to learn how to do things our way for a while before providing us with suggestions on how we can make something more efficient
• is a self-starter who can work independently

You would also be conscientious, honest, display sound judgment, possess a reasonably good sense of humor, and be able to hold strong internal boundaries within a relaxed and casual environment. A positive, can-do attitude and self-motivation, along with the ability to work with a diverse mix of people within a combination of a household/small business setting is essential.

Approximately 75% of your time would include, but not be limited to: house work (cleaning, ironing, organizing, folding clothes, and other household and garage jobs) and some garden work. 25% would include but is not limited to: general administrative duties such as filing, data entry, and Internet research. Above all, the Personal Assistant must be flexible and comfortable juggling tasks.

You do not have to have much experience in house cleaning or garden work. We will teach you everything we know about the tasks we’ll ask you to perform.*

Minimum Required Qualifications:
1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Get to our location on time by bus or car. Valid Washington Driver’s license and proof of current insurance.
3. Possess high ethical and moral standards, believing in treating our clients or vendors with respect.
4. Ability to work with minimal supervision.
5. Excellent organizational and communication skills so that you can help keep me on track.
6. Demonstrated ability to work with various people.
7. Ability to speak up and take responsibility for your own personal growth.
8. Ability to articulate yourself and work as a team member.
9. Excellent phone skills – pleasant phone voice.
10. Ability to take directions, self-organize, prioritize and complete projects.
11. Proficiency and fluency in written and spoken English.
12. Ability to conduct research in areas with which you are not familiar.
13. Proficiency searching Internet, knowledge Microsoft Word/Excel along with an aptitude to learn new systems.
14. Ability to work a on a Saturday or Sunday.
15. Physical ability to stoop, kneel, bend, climb multiple stairs, and lift boxes up to 50 lbs.
16. Familiarity with eBay, WordPress, and/or QuickBooks, not necessary, but is an absolute plus.

Please note that the office is a non-smoking office. There is a chair outside where you may smoke.
This is also a “smelly” house. We use fragrance, candles, and cleansers that we think smell nice.

TO APPLY:
Please email a note with 1 paragraph that tells me something about you as an individual. Include your resume. If you do not have a resume, submit 1 paragraph about you as an individual and 2 paragraphs about the experience and skills you have that relate to the minimum requested qualifications listed above.

PROCESS:
After receiving your application, I will call and schedule a phone interview if what you send sounds like it would be a good fit for the both of us. Should we take the interview to the next level, I will then ask you to email me three (3) references. All inquiries must be received by _____________.

If I know that I won’t be interviewing you or I don’t take the interview process to the next level, I will contact you by email or mail to tell you so. I think it’s terrible when people apply for a job and the company leaves you hanging.