Director of Operations
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R55,500 – R64,750 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Role OverviewOur fast-paced, results-oriented, and strategic PR agency is seeking a high-caliber Director of Operations to serve as the operational backbone of our organization. This is an executive-level leadership role designed for a "systems-first" thinker who can manage the agency’s infrastructure with minimal oversight.
As the Director of Operations, you will bridge the gap between vision and execution. You won't just manage tasks; you will own the agency’s operational cadence, refine our systems, and lead team accountability. We are looking for a proactive partner who reduces the CEO's operational load by anticipating needs two steps ahead and solving problems before they escalate.
Position Details
* Employment Type:Full-Time Independent Contractor
Employment Type:Full-Time Independent Contractor
* Compensation:Market Related
Compensation:Market Related
* Hours:40 hours/week (Fixed Schedule: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST)
Hours:40 hours/week (Fixed Schedule: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST)
* Location:Remote (Latin America or South Africa preferred)
Location:Remote (Latin America or South Africa preferred)
* Reporting To:Founder & CEO
Reporting To:Founder & CEO
Core Responsibilities
* Executive Support & GatekeepingCalendar & Time Protection:Manage the CEO's calendar, prioritizing requests, resolving conflicts, and actively protecting strategic working time.Inbound Triage:Triage email and meeting requests to flag urgent items requiring direct CEO attention while autonomously handling, delegating, or deferring the rest.Event & Logistics Coordination:Coordinate all logistics for external commitments (e.g., speaking engagements, media interviews) to ensure the CEO arrives fully briefed and prepared.
Executive Support & Gatekeeping
* Calendar & Time Protection:Manage the CEO's calendar, prioritizing requests, resolving conflicts, and actively protecting strategic working time.
Calendar & Time Protection:Manage the CEO's calendar, prioritizing requests, resolving conflicts, and actively protecting strategic working time.
* Inbound Triage:Triage email and meeting requests to flag urgent items requiring direct CEO attention while autonomously handling, delegating, or deferring the rest.
Inbound Triage:Triage email and meeting requests to flag urgent items requiring direct CEO attention while autonomously handling, delegating, or deferring the rest.
* Event & Logistics Coordination:Coordinate all logistics for external commitments (e.g., speaking engagements, media interviews) to ensure the CEO arrives fully briefed and prepared.
Event & Logistics Coordination:Coordinate all logistics for external commitments (e.g., speaking engagements, media interviews) to ensure the CEO arrives fully briefed and prepared.
* Team & Self-Accountability & WorkflowOperational Cadence:Own daily Asana management, tracking deadlines, and ensuring team members stay on schedule.Proactive Accountability:Lead weekly team check-ins, identify bottlenecks, and resolve capacity risks. Demonstrate rigorous self-accountability by proactively flagging your own at-risk deadlines before they are missed, including end-of-day status updates whenever a deliverable is running behind schedule.Deliverable Standards:Ensure all final work products (reports, documents, decks) are delivered complete, proofed, and ready to use with zero rework required. Clearly mark in-progress work as such—never presenting drafts as final.SOP Development:Audit existing processes and build/refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for onboarding, reporting, and internal communications.
Team & Self-Accountability & Workflow
* Operational Cadence:Own daily Asana management, tracking deadlines, and ensuring team members stay on schedule.
Operational Cadence:Own daily Asana management, tracking deadlines, and ensuring team members stay on schedule.
* Proactive Accountability:Lead weekly team check-ins, identify bottlenecks, and resolve capacity risks. Demonstrate rigorous self-accountability by proactively flagging your own at-risk deadlines before they are missed, including end-of-day status updates whenever a deliverable is running behind schedule.
Proactive Accountability:Lead weekly team check-ins, identify bottlenecks, and resolve capacity risks. Demonstrate rigorous self-accountability by proactively flagging your own at-risk deadlines before they are missed, including end-of-day status updates whenever a deliverable is running behind schedule.
* Deliverable Standards:Ensure all final work products (reports, documents, decks) are delivered complete, proofed, and ready to use with zero rework required. Clearly mark in-progress work as such—never presenting drafts as final.
Deliverable Standards:Ensure all final work products (reports, documents, decks) are delivered complete, proofed, and ready to use with zero rework required. Clearly mark in-progress work as such—never presenting drafts as final.
* SOP Development:Audit existing processes and build/refine Standard Operating Proce
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R55,500/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($3,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 828 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →