[Hiring] Personal Assistant to Founder @Candela Education

Role Description

Looking for a PA to support the founder across several companies and personal matters. Responsibilities include:

• Business:
  • Inbox triage, drafting replies, flagging urgent matters
  • Diary and scheduling across several companies and time zones
  • Drafting, formatting and proofreading documents, letters and reports
  • Maintaining organised digital filing
  • Liaison with accountants, suppliers, landlords, banks and other third parties
  • Collecting and filing invoices and receipts, chasing payments, preparing expense summaries
  • Sourcing and shortlisting service providers (accountants, lawyers, agents), including preliminary calls
  • Research on suppliers, pricing and options, returning with recommendations
• Personal:
  • Personal diary and appointments
  • Travel arrangements: flights, hotels, transfers, itineraries, visas
  • Household administration: utilities, subscriptions, renewals, contractors
  • Sourcing and ordering items, arranging deliveries and returns
  • Tracking key dates, renewals and deadlines

Qualifications

• Fluency in English, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Organisation as a reflex
• Technical fluency
• Judgement and initiative
• Speed

Requirements

• Independent contractor, through our Hong Kong or Singapore entity. Employment is not available for this role.
• You invoice monthly and account for your own tax.
• $8-12 per hour. Flexible hours. Part-time or full-time. No fixed schedule.
• Meaningful overlap with [GMT business hours] and a reliable response time within it.

Benefits

• Bonus: Fluency with AI tools, particularly Claude, in real workflows.
• A commercial background — accounting, finance, marketing, operations.
• Fluency in another language, particularly Mandarin.