[Hiring] Executive Research & Operations Assistant @Assist World

Role Description

We are seeking a highly capable, proactive Executive Research & Operations Assistant to support an entrepreneur, investor, and business operator working across multiple companies and investment opportunities. This is not a traditional diary-management or administrative assistant role. We're looking for someone who can think critically, conduct high-level research, leverage AI tools effectively, and take ownership of projects with minimal supervision.

The successful candidate will become a trusted extension of the executive, helping analyse investment opportunities, review business information, support legal and commercial projects, and manage operational priorities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Conducting detailed company, market, and competitor research
• Producing investment and business briefing reports
• Reviewing legal, commercial, and corporate documents
• Supporting due diligence and transaction processes
• Analysing funding rounds, investor activity, and market trends
• Preparing summaries, recommendations, and action plans
• Managing operational projects and following them through to completion
• Assisting with client-facing communications and virtual meetings
• Using AI platforms to accelerate research and workflow efficiency
• Identifying problems independently and proposing solutions

Qualifications

• Advanced user of modern AI tools, including Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, and Google Gemini
• Understanding of advanced prompting techniques, document analysis workflows, AI-assisted research, knowledge connectors and integrations, multi-source information synthesis, and building repeatable AI workflows
• Ability to gather information from multiple sources and identify key insights quickly
• Capability to analyse complex business situations and produce concise and actionable reports
• Ability to work through ambiguity without requiring step-by-step instructions

Requirements

• Experience in executive assistance, venture capital, private equity, investment research, corporate finance, legal or paralegal work, business analysis, or strategy consulting
• Experience using platforms such as PitchBook, FactSet, Morningstar, AlphaSense, or similar research tools would be highly advantageous

What We're Looking For

• Highly intelligent and resourceful
• Exceptionally organised
• Comfortable working under pressure
• Proactive rather than reactive
• Curious and commercially minded
• Able to work independently
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of the bigger picture
• Accountable for outcomes, not just tasks

Benefits

• 100% REMOTE
• $50 birthday bonus
• $200 testimonial bonus
• $500 entry monthly raffle

Salary and Hours

• Salary: $1,000 - $1,400 a month, competitive, dependent on experience
• Location: Remote
• Hours: Full-Time (40 hours per week)
• Working Pattern: Flexible, with occasional availability outside standard hours at the weekends when business needs require