Executive Assistant (Part-time)

hideout; Norwich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A dynamic tech startup in Norwich is seeking a proactive Assistant to support the founder & CEO. Your role will involve diverse responsibilities such as managing schedules, organizing communications, and tackling unique challenges as they arise. Ideal candidates are resourceful, calm under pressure, and capable of working independently. This position starts part-time at 16 hours/week with the potential for full-time based on impact. A great opportunity to be part of a fun and innovative team that aims to create significant impact.

Benefits

Employee stock options

Dynamic and innovative work environment

Opportunity for high autonomy

Qualifications

• Capable of anticipating needs and managing without explicit instructions.
• Experience in admin tasks, light bookkeeping, and people operations.
• High autonomy; able to operate without much direction.

Responsibilities

• Manage schedules, travel, errands, and communications.
• Perform various admin tasks while keeping operations organized.
• Find creative solutions to diverse challenges.

Skills

Resourcefulness

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Proactivity

Calmness under stress

Creativity

Job description

you'll be supporting the founder & ceo of hyperliminal, we're a VC-backed tech startup building an online virtual world, based here in norwich. you'll be our 7th employee

your job will be to step in, take chaos off my plate, reduce complexity, and just make my life lighter so i can focus on the things where i can be most impactful for the business. you will be a hyper important part of my life and the success of this company if you do this job well :)

Details:

• starting rate: £14/hour
• starting hours: equivalent to 2 days a week (16 hours/week) to start, scope to eventually be full-time depending on impact & need
• place of work: NR3 (near norwich playhouse, ~5m walk from town)
• hiring process: pass screening (this form) > in-person interview > hired
• equity: everybody who works here owns a piece of the company; you will be given employee stock options

Responsibilities:

• anticipate what needs doing and handle it without it being explicitly spelled out
• manage calendars, travel, errands, comms, follow-ups
• perform and manage various admin tasks like light bookkeeping, company obligations, people ops
• keep me organised, on time, and focused
• shield me from noise, filter what matters, elevate only the right stuff
• find creative, scrappy solutions to random problems, and then execute on them

Things you should know:

• this is not a “task list” job. it’s figure it out, make it happen, move fast.
• sometimes you’ll be booking travel, other times untangling messy logistics or finding a contractor at midnight
• you’ll have access to a lot of my world. i need someone i can rely on completely
• high autonomy: you’ll often be operating without much direction

You're probably perfect for this if:

• you’re insanely resourceful, high-agency, and proactive
• you get energy from solving problems and making someone else’s life easier
• you can handle stress and chaos easily
• you’re organised but also scrappy
• people find you kind, calming, and trustworthy
• you wanna be involved in something immensely fun, that could impact millions of people, with probably some of the smartest people you've ever met (our team is cracked)
• you're clever and creative

This is NOT right for you if:

• you always need to be told what to do
• you wait for permission instead of taking initiative
• you get easily overwhelmed, flustered, or defensive
• you are not prepared to occasionally work weird hours at fairly short notice or travel internationally if needed (we take each other's time very seriously here and are very respectful of it, but sometimes shit just needs to get done at a random time and we're all chill with that on occasion)
• you wanna work from home