About the Role
ZTAK School Solutions is seeking a highly organized, proactive, and dependable Administrative Assistant to provide direct support to the company's owner and help manage the day-to-day administrative demands of a growing consulting business. This position will play an important role in keeping communications, scheduling, follow-ups, databases, and meeting preparation organized and moving forward.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day administrative tasks and provide direct support to the business owner.
- Monitor and respond to routine email communications as directed.
- Manage client and prospect follow-ups to ensure important conversations and action items do not fall through the cracks.
- Schedule, coordinate, and confirm appointments and meetings.
- Maintain accurate and organized client and prospect information.
- Manage and update a comprehensive spreadsheet/database of prospective school clients.
- Research prospective schools and assist with maintaining accurate contact information.
- Prepare information, documents, notes, and other materials needed for upcoming meetings.
- Assist with meeting preparation and ensure relevant information is organized in advance.
- Conduct outbound email outreach to prospective schools when requested.
- Assist with basic phone follow-ups and communication as needed.
- Track outstanding tasks, follow-ups, appointments, and other administrative priorities.
- Provide general clerical and administrative support as new needs arise.
- Help identify opportunities to improve organization and administrative efficiency.
- Communicate proactively with the business owner regarding priorities, completed tasks, and items requiring attention.
- Research prospective private schools.
- Identify relevant contacts.
- Maintain prospect information.
- Prepare outreach lists.
- Send cold outreach emails.
- Track outreach and responses.
- Schedule meetings resulting from outreach.
- Conduct basic follow-up with prospects.
Requirements
- Previous experience in an administrative assistant, virtual assistant, office administration, customer service, or similar support role.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable managing email correspondence and follow-ups.
- Experience scheduling appointments and managing calendars.
- Strong spreadsheet and database management skills.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and keep information organized.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Comfortable conducting research and locating information online.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Reliable, responsive, and consistent with follow-through.
- Professional communication skills when interacting with clients and prospective clients.
- Experience supporting an entrepreneur, business owner, consultant, or executive.
- Experience working with private schools, education organizations, nonprofits, or grant-related businesses.
- Experience with prospect or lead databases.
- Experience conducting outbound email outreach.
- Familiarity with CRM platforms or other client-management systems.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or similar spreadsheet tools.
- Experience preparing meeting agendas, documents, presentations, or supporting materials.
- Experience working remotely with US-based businesses.
- Ability to work during afternoon hours aligned with Eastern Time.
Skills
- Organization & Time Management
- Communication
- Follow-Through
- Database Management
- Proactivity
- Research
- Adaptability
- Administrative & Prospecting Support
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Part-Time
- Remote
Experience Level
- Minimum 20 hours per week
- Potential to transition to full-time
About the Company
- ZTAK School Solutions works with private schools to help them identify and secure grant funding, including security grants.
- ZTAK School Solutions is a growing business.
