[Hiring] Executive Assistant / Project Coordinator @Somewhere

Role Description

This role exists because the principal has outgrown his own calendar. In the past year, the business scaled to the point where high-value selling time is being lost to administrative firefighting:

• Projects stalling on a next step
• Leads going cold
• Personal admin piling up

We are hiring a proactive right hand to own the operational and administrative engine of the business so the principal can focus on revenue-generating work and reclaim some personal time. This is a true ownership role — you are the person who makes sure nothing slips.

Key Responsibilities

• Solar Project Coordination
  • Track every solar project through each stage, from appointment to completion
  • Keep constant tabs on status and proactively push stalled projects forward so nothing sits idle
  • Coordinate third-party contractors (roofing, tree removal, etc.); request, organize, and compare quotes
  • Maintain clean, current project records and status visibility
• Sales & Lead Follow-Up
  • Monitor and manage lead communication across text and email
  • Create and chase follow-up tasks ("call back in a week," "text to schedule") so no lead goes cold
  • Book appointments and place them on the calendar with realistic travel time and full context
  • Log deal notes (contact, interest level, location, next step) for every lead
  • Operate a shared SMS/VoIP system (e.g., SalesMsg) on the principal's behalf
• Calendar & Communication
  • Own and protect the calendar
  • Triage inbox and texts; surface what needs the principal, handle what you can
  • Act as a reliable filter so nothing important gets buried
• Finance & Administrative Tracking
  • Track finances across individual projects
  • Help coordinate payments to 1099 setters and contractors
  • Keep organized records of costs, quotes, and invoices
• Personal Support (~35% of the role)
  • Schedule personal appointments (medical and similar)
  • Manage bill payment and recurring personal admin
  • Handle remote-manageable personal errands and logistics

Qualifications

• 2+ years as an EA, VA, or operations assistant supporting a founder, executive, or sales professional
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Demonstrated proactivity — you anticipate and act before being asked
• Experience managing a pipeline, CRM, or multiple projects with many moving parts
• Comfortable with phone and text-based communication and lead follow-up
• Strong organization and task-tracking discipline; nothing falls through
• Discretion with personal, financial, and business information

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in solar, home services, real estate, construction, or another project-based, contractor-coordinated industry
• Experience supporting a salesperson or sales team (appointment setting, lead nurture)
• Familiarity with SalesMsg or similar VoIP/SMS tools, plus CRMs and Google Workspace
• Light bookkeeping or project-finance tracking experience
• A track record of working remotely with minimal supervision

Ideal Candidate Profile

You are highly organized, proactive, and self-directed. You take things off people's plates before they ask. You are comfortable operating without a detailed playbook — in fact, you prefer building the structure yourself. You follow through relentlessly, communicate clearly, and can be trusted with sensitive financial details and personal matters alike. You measure yourself by results, not hours, and you take pride in being the person who keeps everything moving.

Why This Role

Direct, daily access to a high performer, genuine ownership over how the business runs, and the room to grow the role as the business grows. The principal cares about results over everything else — do great work and you will be given more.