VA + online marketing ? Willing to learn & Grow with your company?

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We are a group of companies that offer many services within the Real Estate Industry based in Toronto, Canada, including:

1. Commercial & Residential Real Estate Services - Sales & Leasing Services
2. Commercial & Residential Mortgage/Finance Services
3. Small Business Loans for startup and existing businesses
4. Property & Investment Management services - Managing short term and long term tenants
5. Consulting & Advisory Services

We also have a few ecommerce and other business ideas currently under Feasibility Studies to be launched in the near future.

FOI Group, (Faculty of Ideas Group) was founded on the basis of providing funding, resources and know-how to ideas worth taking to market, both Nationally and Internationally. Our main focus is currently in the Real Estate Industry, but not limited to it. We started as a small Canadian company, but driven by the success of our model and more importantly, client trust, we’ve continually expanded our services and footprint to meet the growing needs of our clients.

We are currently looking for an individual to join our growing business activities. The Virtual Assistant will be assisting in all areas of our businesses and will be directly reporting to the Managing Director.

Who Are You?
You are a Peoples person, love activating your creativity to solve problems, and satisfying clients and outsmarting the competition.You like it when no two days are the same and you show off and are proud when you have a direct impact on the company's performance. You enjoy learning new skills & are a self starter. You can work independently without any supervision. You do not Strive for "Good" but always looking to achieve more. You're energetic, cheerful & personable. You can have fun and be effective at the same time. You laugh and learn from your mistakes instead of stressing out. When other people are happy with the work you've done, you're happy.

Main VA Tasks:

1.  ??Email Management/Filtering
2.    Customer Service Representative answering customer concerns and provide solutions to arising problems
3.    Booking appointments with clients
4.    Following up with clients/customers (sending thank you and other reminder emails)
5.    Receptionist duties (answering occasional calls)
6.    Calendar Management
7.    File Management (organizing files using Dropbox etc)
8.    Database building (eg. updating email or contact lists on your CRM)
9.    Research on certain topics for blogposts, newsletters or others
10.  Bookkeeping and monthly reconciliations for all business activities
11.  Hotel and Flight Booking
12.  Transcription (transcribing voicemail, video or audio, podcasts etc.)
13.  Taking down minutes of meetings
14.  Creating basic reports (reports on weekly tasks, deliverables, sales, monthly account reconciliations)
15.  Preparing Slideshows (Powerpoint Presentations, PREZI )
16.  Liaison between you and other team members
17.  Set-up Social Media Accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube)
18.  Manage and update Social Media Accounts
19.  Research topics and write blogs in all of the websites
20.  Manage your Blog (Basic WordPress Skills)
21.  Publish posts on Blog (content you provided using research based methods)
22.  Filter  and reply to comments on your blog
23.  Answering support tickets (with the use of Zendesk)
24.  Blog commenting (to increase links to your site)
25.  Participating in discussion forums or message boards (more promotion!)
26. Rental property management


Qualifications:
• 2+ years experience
• Superior organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel & social media platforms
• Familiarity with Google Adwords, Adobe Photoshop, CRM systems, Quickbooks is a PLUS
• A positive attitude
• Interest in real estate, architecture, design & marketing
• Demonstrate ability to learn quickly
• A hunger for personal & professional development
• Ability to follow directions meticulously
• A great sense of humor

Salary and Benefits:

4 month contract to start. a base salary to be discussed at the next stage.
After the first 4 month contract, performance review will be conducted and if performance exceeds expectations, a bonus will be paid AND a permanent full time employment will be offered to you


if you are not hired and are currently looking for a job, and would like to discuss in more details, apply to the position

Preference will be provided to applicants with experience in the industry and provides PROVEN TRACK RECORDS. This could be a permanent long term and stable position with endless possibilities of growing with the company

Please apply your resume with a cover letter that includes the following (preference will be given to people who choose to follow these instructions).

1 - Basic details of PC / Laptop
2 - Screenshot of your broadband speed
3 - Your resume and salary requirements (based on a 40 hour week)
4 - Number of hours a week you are available and when you can start
5 - Your skype id
6 - Your typing speed (use a 2 minute Upgrade to see actual info if you do not know)
7 - Your DISC results (Upgrade to see actual info)
8 - A portfolio of websites you have designed or implemented and an explanation of what your contribution was to each site.
9. Provide at least 1 solid verifiable reference

And your answers to the following questions: (preference will be given to people who choose to follow these instructions).
1. Why are you the best for the job?
2. What specific skills do you have which will enhance this role?
2. What is the best approach in managing you?
3. What can/will you contribute to the team?
4. What is your favorite color and why?

Kindly FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS provided and only shortlisted applicants shall be contacted.


You will be notified if you were selected for the next phase of the hiring process and setting up skype interviews

Kind Regards

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