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Retshepile M.

Communications Specialist & Virtual Executive Assistant

Thembisa, South Africa
$6 per hour
3 jobs
$8K+ total earnings

As a dual-threat Communications Specialist and Administrative Professional, I help business leaders, and busy teams manage their daily operations while building a polished, professional brand voice. Content Development: Writing and formatting engaging internal announcements, and social media platforms. Brand Voice Management: Ensuring all external and internal documentation aligns perfectly with your established brand guidelines. Project & Event Coordination: Managing logistical communication for corporate events, workshops, and team projects from conception to completion. Inbox & Calendar Management: Organizing high-volume correspondence, and scheduling priorities to maximize your time. Reporting & Documentation: Drafting structured progress reports. Tools I Use Daily: Design & Media: Figma, CapCut, Canva Productivity & Admin: Google Workspace, MS Office

Anne N.

Operations & Customer Lifecycle Systems for Founder-Led Businesses

Pretoria, South Africa
$30 per hour
1 job
$23 total earnings

I help founder-led service and health-tech businesses transform messy onboarding, workflows, and handoffs into streamlined systems, so growth doesn't depend on the founder remembering everything. My background is unusual for an operations specialist: I bought and grew two healthcare practices before moving into operations roles, so I have run payroll, owned a P&L, and lived the consequences of broken systems. Since then, I have built onboarding, lifecycle, and workflow systems for a UK health-tech startup (PrescribeLife.AI) — including owning its privacy and compliance documentation programme end-to-end and filing two successful UK trademark registrations directly with the IPO — coordinated privacy operations across 5 regions at Nike EMEA, and built the operational backbone of a fast-growing Canadian coaching business. What I typically deliver: onboarding and activation frameworks, SOP libraries and documentation systems, Airtable-based operational systems, cross-functional workflow design, and operating rhythms that reduce founder dependency. If your business has grown faster than its systems, that is exactly the problem I solve. Recently supported a UK health-tech operator on clinic onboarding systems design.

Sarah A.

Top Rated | Operations, Communications & Partnerships Professional

Cape Town, South Africa
$35 per hour
12 jobs
$30K+ total earnings

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, I'm a generalist with 10+ years of experience across operations, project delivery, partnerships, business development, marketing and communications. Currently working with two B2B tech companies and open to an additional remote role or contract immediately. I do my best work when something's unclear and needs turning into a plan: a partnership proposal, a multi-stakeholder event, a piece of client-facing content, or a process nobody's quite owned yet. I'm as comfortable building or editing a web page as I am writing the copy for it. I'm personable and easy to work with, and I build real relationships with people across cultures and time zones. I use AI tools to speed up research, drafting and analysis, but the judgement and problem-solving are mine.

Nadine C.

Recruiting & Human Resources | Administrate, Psychology

Johannesburg, South Africa
$8 per hour
2 jobs
$4K+ total earnings

Hi, I’m Nadine! I am a virtual assistant and admin support specialist, with a background in psychology, HR, and creative business. I help small teams and business owners stay organised by handling admin tasks, inboxes, documents, Canva designs, HR templates, and providing day-to-day support. I’m reliable, easy to work with, and I take my work seriously — but I like to keep things simple and calm. Some of the things I can do: - Admin support (email, scheduling, file organisation) - HR basics (onboarding docs, staff info, templates) - Canva designs for internal docs or branded material - General VA support for solo entrepreneurs or small teams I’m also a small business owner myself (africapaws.co.za), so I understand how important it is to have someone you can count on. If you need quiet, focused support behind the scenes, I’d be happy to help.

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