Need Virtual assistant to help with small job - potential to turn into longer term work

I have a job that involves researching engineering & architecture companies based off of a given online database acec, I will provide all the cities and criteria for search.

Required - research and find the owners, partners and heads of the company. Obtain their information, email, phone number from Linkedin or from the business website. Compile a list of 500 owners in a spreadsheet.

Confirm the quality of the information by researching online using tools such as google. Also insure the contact meets guidelines I set based on engineering expertise, firm size and the such.

I also would like to use this small job to "interview" a virtual assistant of my business, that I believe I will need in the future for scheduling & email communication.

Requirements:
Excellent written communication and language skills, ability to think on your feet and problem solve. Internet savy and able to work with limited assistance.
Trustworthy person who is friendly and enjoyable to work with.
Need to have ability to connect to a VPN.
Long term Potential to contact business owners via linkedin or email - depending on my requirements on my behalf.
Long term Potential to schedule meetings working with my calendar on my behalf.