Looking for Virtual Assistant who speaks and writes English fluently to join our team, begins immediately

We are looking for an experienced Virtual Assistant who speaks and writes English fluently to work approximately 20 hours per week on various admin tasks. You must have Skype and you must be willing to work Monday-Friday during Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours (we are based out of Toronto, Canada). Work begins immediately.

We are a fast growing team and looking to add a new member to our team. You will start with 20 hours a week during our trial period. If we’re a mutual fit, we’ll be working towards full time hours of 40 hours a week.

YOUR TASKS WILL INCLUDE BUT WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- Responding to customer service emails
- Booking airline tickets and travel itineraries
- Manage contact lists and customer spreadsheets
- Organize schedules
- Online promotion of the business
- Data entry
- Working with Excel spreadsheets
- Various forms of research

YOU MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:
- Fluent in English - spoken and written
- Email customer service experience (not required but considered an asset)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint). Advanced Excel skills are considered a strong asset.
- Understanding of how to use Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
- Understanding of how to use Google Drive
- Understanding of how to use Dropbox
- Wordpress (not required but considered an asset)

ABOUT YOU:
- Motivated and ambitious to learn and grow
- Able to follow instructions carefully and also resourceful for coming up with solutions
- Very organized
- Have great Attention to Detail
- Fast worker and self motivated

This position requires that you report back on a daily basis with a brief report about what tasks you worked on, and any accomplishments you achieved, and/or difficulties you ran into. This role has the opportunity to move to a full-time position after 2-3-months depending on performance. Also, we'll assess how well we work together and if it's something we think will be mutually beneficial, then we will offer you more time to work during the week.

The full time position (40hrs/week) pays $150 USD bi-weekly ($300 USD / Month). During the trial period, when you start work with 20hrs per week, the position will pay $75 USD bi-weekly ($150 USD / month).

If you would like to be considered for this position, please tell us briefly why you feel you would be the best candidate for this position. Please begin your application with the words, “I like poutine” at the beginning of the application so that I know you've read through this entire job description.

Any applications that do not begin with the words, “I like poutine” will not be considered for hire.

Thanks and good luck :)