Personal Assistant and Business Administration Services
These services provide busy professionals (clients who are either too busy to do their admin or don’t want to), with a flexible service. Standard routine tasks are carried out on a weekly/monthly basis, and when ad hoc work arises this can be accommodated in a flexible and time responsive manner. Allowing the client to focus on their work without being bogged down by paperwork.
Below is only a sample of what can be offered. The scope and variety of tasks carried out depends on each client’s needs for the efficient running of their business.
For my clients:
- Maintain client lists/databases
- Maintain financial information for tax purposes
- Utilise accounting packages eg Freeagent
- Issue invoices to customers
- Deal with queries, identify and chase late payments
- Manage the client’s diary
- Organise events, eg 2 day workshops in London, 2 times a year
- Booking meeting space, hotels
- Research – eg bibliography
- Send out mail shots/information
For the clients of my client:
- Act as a contact point for my clients’ customers, clients providers etc ensuring queries are responded to speedily and accurately.
Property Management
Whether the house you have bought is your second home or a holiday let, I can help you with the ongoing maintenance and preparation of the house for your guests. This service falls into two categories, Project Management and Property Rental:
Property Management
- Meet with client to understand the nature of the changes required and to suggest a way forward
- Arrange an architect to advise if required schedule a builder to look at proposed work and provide quote (or quotes)
- Request a quote from the electrician, plumber, carpenter etc…
- Source materials from the builders yard, eg tiles, (in conjunction with client)
- Apply for the licence to undertake the work from the town hall
- Liaise with the architect from the town hall to inspect the proposed work
- Liaise with the builder etc to start the work, and during the project to be on hand to deal with queries and issues that may arise
- Liaise with the client during the project, sending photographs, progress reports, talking via Skype etc
- Organise painters to follow on from builder etc
- Organise cleaners to clean the house thoroughly after the building work is complete
- Organise payment of the builder etc on behalf of the client if need be provide client with receipts and official invoices
Property Rental
- Recommend sites upon which to advertise the property
- Advise on wording etc of the advert and create the advert/web page
- Organise a photographer to take photographs for the advert
- Organise registration of the property with “turismo”
- Manage enquiries for the property
- Liaise with the clients prior to arrival
- Organise cleaning of the property, pool and gardening prior to guest’s arrival
- Meet the clients and accompany them to the property
- Deal with any queries/problems arising during their stay
- Manage maintenance and upkeep of the property