Real Estate Operations & Admin Coordinator
Somewhere
πΏπ¦ 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 R37,000 β R55,500 ZAR. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa β whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Real Estate Operations & Administrative Coordinator
Remote | Real Estate Investment & Property Operations Support
About the Company
We are a real estate investment firm focused on acquiring, improving, and operating commercial real estate assets. Our team oversees acquisitions, asset management, leasing coordination, property operations, investor administration, lender document requests, financial administration, and internal operating systems.
The company operates with a lean, entrepreneurial, and detail-oriented team. We are seeking a highly organized Real Estate Operations & Administrative Coordinator to support day-to-day execution across documentation, task tracking, property operations, invoice coordination, file management, contact records, follow-up lists, and recurring internal workflows.
This is not a traditional virtual assistant role limited to scheduling and inbox management. It is also not a senior strategy or decision-making role. It is an operations and administrative support role for someone who is reliable, detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable managing recurring business processes once trained.
The Role
The Real Estate Operations & Administrative Coordinator will work closely with firm leadership and internal team members to keep operational workflows, documentation, contact records, task lists, financial coordination, and internal systems organized.
The ideal candidate is structured, responsive, organized, and comfortable working across multiple workstreams at once. This person should be able to track open items, maintain clean records, follow up with internal and external parties, update systems, compile status lists, and ensure important details do not fall through the cracks.
A background in real estate, property management, finance administration, executive support, or professional services is strongly preferred.
What This Role Is Not
This role is administrative and operational support. It is not a deal underwriting role, investor communication drafting role, transaction leadership role, or independent decision-making role.
The right person enjoys execution, organization, follow-through, documentation, and process management more than strategy or analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Operations & Task Management
* Track open tasks, deadlines, follow-ups, and recurring business obligations
* Maintain task management systems, project trackers, and operating checklists
* Follow up with internal team members, vendors, brokers, accountants, insurance contacts, lenders, and other stakeholders
* Compile weekly status lists from existing trackers showing open items, completed items, and upcoming deadlines
* Help maintain SOPs, templates, recurring workflows, and internal processes
* Organize information so leadership has visibility into what is pending, complete, or at risk
Real Estate & Property Operations Support
* Maintain organized property files, vendor records, lease documents, insurance documents, contracts, invoices, reports, and correspondence
* Support administrative workflows across active properties, leasing activity, vendor coordination, insurance renewals, and property-level projects
* Assist with tracking lease expirations, tenant follow-ups, renewal dates, insurance certificates, vendor contracts, and property-related deadlines
* Support lender document requests under leadership direction
* Coordinate document requests and follow-ups with brokers, vendors, property managers, accountants, consultants, and other third parties
* Assist with diligence document organization under team direction during active acquisitions
Contact, Pipeline & Follow-Up Management
* Maintain organized contact records, follow-up lists, and relationship notes for brokers, investors, lenders, vendors, tenants, consultants, and other business contacts
* Update contact notes, call notes, follow-up dates, and relationship history
* Maintain investor contact records, distribution logs, and related administrative records
* Track deal leads, broker conversations, investor conversations, and recurring outreach items
* Help keep pipeline, contact, and follow-up information accurate, organized, and easy to review
* Assist with light research and data entry related to properties, contacts, companies, and markets
Accounting & Administrative Coordination
* Track incoming invoices, receipts, payment requests, and expense documentation
* Coordinate with bookkeepers, accountants, and internal team members to ensure financial records are organized
* Help organize documents for reporting, lender compliance, insurance, tax, and accounting purposes
* Support basic budget tracking, expense coding, invoice routing, and document collection
* Maintain clean digital records across Microsoft 365, including Outlook, OneDrive, Excel, and shared folder systems, as well as QuickBooks or other administrative platforms as needed
Executive & Internal Support
* Help leadership stay organized across multiple pr
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 R37,000/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($2,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards β 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 672 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs β