# Executive Assistant

> Pickle · South Africa (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-14

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Executive Support

## Description

### About us

Pickle is amongst our many great services, a talent partner for fast-growing businesses. We help ambitious founders and leadership teams hire exceptional people across operations, product, technology, customer success, commercial, finance, and executive leadership.

We specialise in identifying high-quality permanent and contractor talent that can make an immediate impact, supporting businesses through key growth stages with a thoughtful, consultative approach to hiring. Whether it's a critical leadership appointment or building out an entire function, we work as an extension of our clients' teams to find people who combine the right skills, mindset, and cultural fit.

We believe great hiring goes beyond matching CVs to job descriptions. It's about understanding how businesses operate, what success looks like, and connecting them with people who will help them grow for the long term.

### The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with one of our international clients. They are a small close-knit team who are fully remote.

We are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support two stakeholders with their schedules and inbox. Additional responsibilities will include communications, operations and administrative support.  
  
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone down-to-earth, warm and passionate about start-ups.

## Requirements

**We're looking for**

-   Someone with demonstratible Executive Assistant (EA)/Personal Assistant experience
-   Exceptional attention to detail
-   Excellent proactive communication skills
-   Initiative and independence
-   The ability to forge good working relationships with a variety of different personalities
-   The ability to execute tasks without direction
-   The urge to always strive for improvement
-   Technologically savvy and aptitude for learning new software and systems
-   Organised and effective time manager
-   Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment
-   Ability to juggle workloads and changing priorities
-   Empathetic to the perspective of others
-   Flexible team player, willing to adapt to changes, and loves a challenge

## Benefits

-   Fully remote out of South Africa
-   Salary market competitive. Depending on skills and experience
-   Contractor, hours flex and not guarenteed

## Apply

[Apply at Pickle](https://apply.workable.com/findpickle/j/96DA6FDEBA/apply)

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