US-based startup looking for a Cold Calling GVA (general virtual assistant)

We are looking for a skilled virtual assistant to join our startup based in the eastern time zone of the United States. The business is in the early stages so the ideal VA is an energetic "go getter" who will be willing to work fast and smart with limited oversight from us. This is an opportunity to get in early on a start up and grow with us. If the business becomes highly successful, the VA may be asked to take on additional responsibilities such as supervising others, which would provide additional compensation. If the candidate performs well, we may hire on full time.

The VA should have good, basic technical skills, a reliable computer with Windows 7 or later, and reliable Internet service and electricity. Prior cold calling experience is required.

We strongly believe in career and knowledge building so the VA should be willing to take online training classes, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn new skills quickly. If the classes were not free, we would pay for them. The VA would be paid to take these classes as well. The classes would likely focus on marketing, facebook and google ads, lead generation, sales funnels, etc.

Additional details are below. Thanks for you taking the time to read this.

If you feel you are a good fit for this position, please contact us with the following information. If the information requested is not supplied in the email, the email will be discarded without consideration.
• The reason you are interested in this position
• Your experience cold calling, appointment setting, and closing sales
• Your required wages
• Your availability (full time and/or part time) and local time availability (mornings, afternoon, evening, over night)
• A link to your resume and, if applicable, your LinkedIn profile
• If applicable, describe prior experience as a VA
• Something from your life or career you are most proud of

Requirements
• Strong written and spoken communications skills (in English)
• Prior experience cold calling
• Ability to work overnight to be online during US business hours
• Must be able to clearly and concisely communicate problems and offer solutions
• Excellent customer service skills
• Highly punctual
• Must be able to receive and make calls
- Examples of calls: dialing into conference calls, setting up new customers, answering customer questions, making changes per customer requests,
• Must be able to transcribe audio recordings and voicemails to text
• Experience working on tasks independently
• Able to think through problems and come up with solutions independently (think outside the box)
• Problem-free computer
• Reliable high speed Internet connection and electricity
• Willing to take online learning classes/modules to expand knowledge and skills (employer will pay for classes)
- Must be very efficient at taking notes and learning quickly
• Distraction-free working area
• Experience using Skype and Google Docs or Office 365

Preferred but NOT required
• Experience with fast-paced environment
• Bachelor degree in business or computer science
• Management experience
• Experience hiring or recruiting others
• Prior experience as a VA
• Located in or near Manila
• Experience with
- Wordpress
- Web/data scraping with software
- Research
- CRM (such as Insightly)
- SEO
- sales funnels
- lead pages
- Trello
- Coding (e.g. python or java)
- Zapier
- Twilio
- APIs

Example Tasks
• Research
- Marketing data
- Sales leads
• Calling sales leads to set up appointments
• Handling customer requests and complains
• Chatting with customer leads with a tool such as Upgrade to see actual info
• Email filtering
• Booking appointments and travel arrangements
• Scraping data online manually or via software
• Filing progress and activity reports
• Taking notes on meetings and conference calls
• Transcribing audio and video to text
• Bookkeeping
• Taking instruction from voicemails or live phone calls
• Submitting daily activity reports