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Operations Assistant

Somewhere

Fully Remote
Remote - South Africa
South Africa
US hours

Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. 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: Operations AssistantPriority Location: Philippines, South AfricaWorking Hours:Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM Pacific TimeThe final offer is at the client’s discretion and will depend on the candidate’s interview result, skills, and experience.About the Company:W​e're united by a simple mission: to provide fast, high-quality service at fair prices. For over a decade, this commitment has fueled our growth in the commercial door industry, and we’re just getting started. As we continue this exciting journey to grow in Northern California and beyond, we're looking for exceptional humans to join our team and mission.

About the Role:The Operations Assistant is the tactical engine of the company. Working within a specialized department, you are responsible for the high-speed execution of administrative tasks—whether that is qualifying a new lead, scheduling a technician, or drafting a precise invoice. You areexpected to maintain extreme attention to detail while meeting strict deadlines for responsetimes and data entry.

Key Responsibilities:
* Tactical Execution & Data Entry:Execute high-volume administrative tasks within your assigned department.Ensure 100% accuracy in platforms for every record created or updated.Maintain a clean and organized digital workspace, ensuring all customer files and project notes are easily accessible to the rest of the team.
Tactical Execution & Data Entry:
* Execute high-volume administrative tasks within your assigned department.
Execute high-volume administrative tasks within your assigned department.
* Ensure 100% accuracy in platforms for every record created or updated.
Ensure 100% accuracy in platforms for every record created or updated.
* Maintain a clean and organized digital workspace, ensuring all customer files and project notes are easily accessible to the rest of the team.
Maintain a clean and organized digital workspace, ensuring all customer files and project notes are easily accessible to the rest of the team.
* Queue Management & Responsiveness:Monitor your department's queue to ensure no task sits idle beyond established SLAs.Respond to internal and external inquiries with speed and professionalism.Identify and flag potential issues to your Coordinator immediately to prevent delays.
Queue Management & Responsiveness:
* Monitor your department's queue to ensure no task sits idle beyond established SLAs.
Monitor your department's queue to ensure no task sits idle beyond established SLAs.
* Respond to internal and external inquiries with speed and professionalism.
Respond to internal and external inquiries with speed and professionalism.
* Identify and flag potential issues to your Coordinator immediately to prevent delays.
Identify and flag potential issues to your Coordinator immediately to prevent delays.
* Customer Support & Documentation:Communicate with customers via phone, email, or chat to gather missing information, confirm service details, or provide status updates.Ensure all customer-facing documentation is professional, clear, and free of grammatical or numerical errors.Support your Coordinator in daily "Clean-Up" tasks to ensure the department meets its weekly performance KPIs.
Customer Support & Documentation:
* Communicate with customers via phone, email, or chat to gather missing information, confirm service details, or provide status updates.
Communicate with customers via phone, email, or chat to gather missing information, confirm service details, or provide status updates.
* Ensure all customer-facing documentation is professional, clear, and free of grammatical or numerical errors.
Ensure all customer-facing documentation is professional, clear, and free of grammatical or numerical errors.
* Support your Coordinator in daily "Clean-Up" tasks to ensure the department meets its weekly performance KPIs.
Support your Coordinator in daily "Clean-Up" tasks to ensure the department meets its weekly performance KPIs.

Qualifications & Skills:
* Experience: 1+ years in a fast-paced administrative or customer support role.
Experience: 1+ years in a fast-paced administrative or customer support role.
* Organization: Exceptional ability to manage repetitive tasks with high precision and zero errors.
Organization: Exceptional ability to manage repetitive tasks with high precision and zero errors.
* Communication: Direct, assertive, and professional English proficiency; Spanish is a plus.
Communication: Direct, assertive, and professional English proficiency; Spanish is a plus.
* Technical Proficiency: Skilled in Google Workspace and comfortable learning complex CRM/Service Management software.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in Google Workspace and comfortable learning complex CRM/Service Management software.

Our Ideal Candidate:
* Competent: Has the intelligence, hard and soft skills necessary to execute. Exceptional attention to detail, high critical thinking, excellent communicator, confidence, comfortable with new/challenging tasks, accepts constructive cr

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

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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 1819 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →