Home Office Assistant

Hi!


I've recently moved to Manila, and I would like to find someone to come to work with me helping to keep
me organized at my home and home office. This would probably start out as a 20-25-or-so hour per week
role, with an initial set of projects that will require more time (setting up our home, etc.). I travel a lot,
so there will be an average of a week or two per month where there's only a few hours of work required
that week. But when I'm home, there could be more than 25 hours per week of work.
I'm looking for someone who:
1) Is highly organized, detail-oriented, and serious about organization and cleanliness. You probably
have done event planning or bookkeeping because you're good at logistics and details, and you like to
write lists and work from a checklist at all times.
2) Enjoys working alone most of the time, and with people some of the time. The work you'll be doing is
typically alone. If you're the type of person who likes to chit-chat with people and friends a lot, this
probably isn't right for you.
3) Knows her/his way around Manila Shopping and errands are key here.
4) Lives within 30 minutes of Makati.
5) Is "tech savvy" and understands the Mac environment (nothing advanced, but you must know things
like Office, Google Docs, scheduling, email, ordering things online, etc.)
6) Can do light food washing and preparation
7) Is dependable (I'm talking about VERY dependable... not the "This usually doesn't happen, but it
happened again" type). I would prefer if you were that person in grade school that got the award when
moving on to middle school for perfect attendance in every grade...
8) Doesn't take things personally, have feelings hurt easily or get offended at all. Stays objective and
likes to always use logic to make decisions.
9) Is cool and relaxed, but always pushing to get things done. It's important that you like to take
responsibility, and your main focus is always delivering results.
10) Is usually available on Tuesdays all day (this is the best day for me, typically).

The main components of the work would be:
1) Errands, including picking up various things and shopping, picking up and dropping off mail &
shipments, etc.
2) Shopping and light cooking/food preparation. I have a pretty "regimented" diet, and I like to prepare
my food the same way every day. You would head out to the grocery store each week, then prepare food
and other relatively "simple" stuff.
3) Ordering various products, keeping them "in stock" at my place (and some at your place for the food
prep work). This requires working from a checklist each time, to make sure everything on the list is
checked off every time.
4) Organizing and light cleaning - from keeping things in order to assembling stuff from Ikea, to
cleaning up after projects. We will have a separate housekeeper, so no heavy cleaning required - but it's
important that you're always willing and pro-active about cleaning up anything that needs it, if you see
it.

If you're the type of person who likes super "creative" work, where you have a lot of variety in your day...
work with lots of other people... like to chat... and deal with a lot of different types of complex
challenges... then this probably is NOT right for you. This is "organizer" work, and will require you to
keep checklists and work from them.

On the other hand... if you're the type of person who loves organizing things, operating efficiently and
using checklists, and basically becoming better and better at running through a pre-planned system,
then this might be perfect for you!

I really am looking for someone who is incredibly organized in their work life and personal life, and who
really doesn't like being disorganized or messy. Since there is food preparation involved, it's important to
me to find someone who is INCREDIBLY meticulous about cleanliness. Look around your house. Is it so
clean and organized that your friends tell you that you're too uptight... and a clean freak? Perfect! (By
the way, one of the reasons I need someone who's clean and organized is because I'm kind of a mess!) If
you're a mess, and you try to convince me that you're organized, I'll find out. So don't even waste your
time... lol!

I'm looking for a self-motivated, organized person who would like to have a stable role helping me keep
my life organized.

Please send me an email and include the following:
>Your career history, with each job you've had, what the responsibilities were, who your boss was - along
with what each of your bosses would say were your strengths and weaknesses. Please also include
contact information for each of your previous bosses, so I can check your references.
>A resume, if you have one.
>Your salary expectations.
>Confirmation that you meet each of the requirements I've listed above, time flexibility,
availability on Tuesdays, etc.
It's important that you tell me about why you think you're a good match for what I've listed above, with
particular focus on the organizational aspect and time flexibility. I'm going to review every response I
get personally, and I'll contact you if I think that you'd be a good fit.

Thank you!