Executive Assistant - Project Management & Operations

Remote, South Africa

Position: Executive Assistant – Project Management & Operations

Salary: up to £1100 per month

Working Hours:: UK business hours

Holidays: UK public holidays

Sourcing Location: South Africa/Philippines

About the Role

Our client in the UK has two growing businesses operating within the specialized veterinary sector. While they function as distinct commercial entities, they operate in closely related spaces and serve complementary client networks. Across both businesses, a collaborative team of 6–7 professionals delivers core operations, with much of the overarching administration, project steering, and operational coordination currently managed directly by the Founder.

We are seeking an experienced, intellectually sharp, and highly proactive Executive Assistant – Project Management & Operations to act as the right-hand operator to the Founder across both companies.

This is fundamentally different from a transactional Virtual Assistant role. We need an autonomous operator who exercises sound commercial judgment, anticipates bottlenecks before they surface, and takes full ownership of execution so that projects, operational work streams, and administrative commitments move...