Remote Executive Assistant to COO

Location: Fully remote from Central or South America; meaningful availability required during agreed-upon hours overlapping with the U.S. Central Time Zone.

Compensation: USD $8–$12 per hour; approximately 30–40 hours per week, with hours varying according to workload and business needs.

Company

Bish Enterprises is a family-owned agricultural innovation, engineering, and manufacturing company headquartered in Giltner, Nebraska, developing agricultural equipment and harvesting solutions.

What you will do

• Manage the COO’s calendar, meetings, appointments, travel, events, and supporting materials.
• Organize the COO’s inbox, draft and proofread communications, and track requests, commitments, deadlines, and follow-ups.
• Coordinate projects across administration, sales, marketing, production, engineering, and other departments.
• Maintain project notes, files, customer records, CRM updates, meeting notes, action items, and deliverables.
• Prepare reports, presentations, correspondence, research, and meeting materials.
• Support industry organizations, nonprofit initiatives, advocacy activities, and external stakeholder communications while handling sensitive information discreetly.

Requirements

• Fluent professional English and Spanish, written and spoken.
• Currently located in Central or South America.
• At least two years of experience as an Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant, or in a closely related support role.
• Previous successful remote-work experience, strong organization, attention to detail, judgment, reliability, and follow-through.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Reliable availability overlapping with the U.S. Central Time Zone. Reliable internet access and a suitable remote working environment are required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting a COO, CEO, founder, entrepreneur, or other senior executive.
• Experience with executive calendars, inboxes, cross-department projects, CRM systems, or project-management tools such as Smartsheet, Trello, or Asana.
• Experience in sales support, marketing, public relations, customer communication, business operations, travel, conferences, events, or speaking engagements.
• Interest or experience in agriculture, sustainability, agricultural equipment, manufacturing, hemp, or mission-driven organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote independent-contractor engagement performed from the contractor’s country of residence.
• Close collaboration with senior leadership and exposure to agriculture, manufacturing, business operations, and mission-driven projects.
• Varied work across multiple parts of the business with opportunities to take on greater responsibility.
• Initiative, accountability, independence, and strong follow-through are valued.
• The contractor is responsible for taxes, registration, insurance, equipment, internet access, and the remote working environment; employee benefits are not included.

Hiring process

• Submit a résumé and brief cover letter in English.
• Include current country and time zone, availability, remote executive-support experience, a competing-priorities example, and English and Spanish fluency levels.