Virtual Assistant

We are a real estate company based in the United States and are looking for a full-time team member to help us with important daily administrative tasks. We are based on the East Coast and our office hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM (EST), so we would need someone to be available during these hours Monday through Saturday. The most important qualities for a successful candidate is EXCELLENT WRITING skills and someone who has POSITIVE ENERGY AND IS MOTIVATED AND VERY RELIABLE! This position requires the following skills and technical abilities:

Skills:
* Excellent verbal communication skills in English. A majority of time will be spent making phone calls to subcontractors, vendors and internal employees in the US.
* Professional writing (also in English) via email or formal letters.
*Proficiency in MS Office programs. Excel and Word will be the most utilized.
*Familiarity with Google Shared Documents.
*Ability to use basic cloud software. Dropbox hosts most of our shared data and documents.
*Familiarity with Google Calendar and iCalendar to help manage schedules, schedule meetings and set-up conference calls.
*Basic project management skills. You will be given small tasks and projects and be expected to complete these with minimal supervision.
*Ability to work within a team and communicate effectively. We will require daily updates on progress of certain tasks and some projects may require working with several other employees/departments to be successful.
*Positive attitude and solution-oriented approach.

Technical Abilities
*It would be great if you have experience in updating websites. We have Squarespace for our Company website and need to keep it updated with current projects.
*Computer set-up with MS Office and access to Google Docs/PDF Software/Dropbox, etc.
*Conference call and messaging software - Skype, Google Chat/Hangouts, Chat Software