Administrative Assistant - International

<h2><strong>🚀 About PermitFlow</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">PermitFlow’s mission is to streamline and simplify construction permitting in the $1.6 trillion United States construction market. Our software reduces time to permit, supporting permitting end-to-end including permit research, application preparation, submission, and monitoring.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We’ve raised a $31m Series A led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, Altos Ventures, and the founders and executives from Zillow, PlanGrid, Thumbtack, Bluebeam, Uber, Procore, and more.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Our team is remote first and consists of architects, structural engineers, permitting experts, and workflow software specialists, all who have personally experienced the pain of permitting.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1>✅ <strong>What You’ll Do: </strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experienced Administrative Assistant</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience managing teams</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong communicator with excellent organizational skills and a flexible / self-motivated approach to business management</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support the company’s work to facilitate accelerating development and long-term success</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><h1>✅ <strong>What You Need:</strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A fast and reliable internet connection is required. Back up connection is recommended.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Laptop or Desktop with no less than 8 GB RAM, minimum of Intel Core i5 processor or equivalent.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A quality video camera is recommended for Zoom meetings</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Noise cancelling microphone</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p></li></ul><h1>🙌 <strong>Qualifications & Fit:</strong></h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven experience in a similar role</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Excellent organizational abilities</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Outstanding communication and people skills</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Good attention to detail</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Computer literate; Familiarity with MS Office and common computer programs</p></li></ul><h1></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br />Check out <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://permitflow.notion.site/Permit-Operations-Admin-International-ddfcaf8c789f41f4a5d42d771275ede4">this page</a> to listen to what some of our international members have to say about working at PermitFlow!</p>

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