At Instawork, our mission is to create meaningful economic opportunities for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. We're building the leading AI-powered labor marketplace—and we're looking for exceptional talent to help us scale quickly and make an even greater impact. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re transforming the way the world works.
Instawork is looking for an Executive Assistant to CEO/ Office Manager for the Bangalore location. 4+ years of experience in supporting a fast paced, high growth team. You will be the person who keeps our offices running and enables our employees to focus on their roles for our Bangalore office.
What you’ll do:
Executive Assistant to CEO
- Assist the CEO with daily administrative duties.
- Manage calendar for the CEO, including scheduling meetings, appointments, and conference calls.
- Manage all aspects of business travel arrangements such as booking flights and stays, preparing travel itineraries, transportation, reservations, making changes as needed and submitting expense reports.
- Maintain strict confidentiality relating to business and personal dealings.
Office Manager
- Own day-to-day functions and facilities at the Bangalore office(maintaining common area and conference room furniture & equipment, including audio/video)
- Manage maintenance, security, and cleanliness of office locations to ensure employees are greeted with a clean working environment.
- Proactively manage vendor services and office supplies (property, furniture, snack program, custodial, etc.)
- Maintain office and facilities budgets in partnership with Finance
- Coordinate space planning and employee seating
- Coordinate with the facility staff
- Timely response to service requests (ticketing) assigned to the facilities queue.
- Address other ad hoc projects directed by IT, People, and Finance.
- Operate as a cultural steward supporting various company events
Who you are:
- Previous experience as an Executive Assistant to a CEO, C-Suite Executive.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience managing google calendar across the globe.
- A strong focus on details
- Great customer service skills
- You are proactive and solve issues before they arise
- Ability to prioritize your workflow based on set expectations
- A spirit of collaboration
- The experience to make our office a place of positivity, productivity, with employee engagement top of mind
Instawork Values
- Bias for Action -- We are a growing team and an evolving product. We want a team of do-ers to drive the company forward, even if it means making decisions with incomplete information or being wrong.
- Act Like an Owner -- Treat this company as though it is your own. Execute on the fundamentals, and act creatively to drive growth. Your ability to drive impact in any part of our company is only limited by your courage and conviction, not your job title.
- Always Be Learning -- We are changing an entire industry. We strive to learn from each other and get better each day, week, and month, so that our team’s learnings can compound and we can all improve, together.
- Empathy, Trust, Candor -- Empathy for our business partners and professionals means we put ourselves in their shoes. Empathy for our colleagues means we are always upfront and honest with each other, which comes from trust.
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About Instawork
Founded in 2015, Instawork is the leading flexible work app for local, hourly professionals. Its digital marketplace connects thousands of businesses and more than five million workers, filling a critical role in local economies. Instawork has been featured on CBS News, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Associated Press, and more. In 2022, Instawork was ranked among the country’s top 10% of fastest-growing companies by Inc. 5000 and was included in the Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup list. Instawork was also named the 2022 ACE Award recipient for “Best Innovation” and one of the “Best Business Apps” by Business Insider. Instawork helps businesses in the food & beverage, hospitality, and warehouse/logistics industries fill temporary and permanent job opportunities in more than 25 markets across the U.S. and Canada.
At Instawork, we constantly evaluate how to build an optimal work environment for success. Currently we operate on a hybrid model, but we remain open to adapting our policies to meet the needs of our evolving business and team dynamics. As we continue to grow, we're seeking candidates who are excited about contributing to our in-person culture and open to the idea of working in-office up to 5 days a week.
For more information visit www.instawork.com
We value diversity on our team and firmly believe Instawork is stronger when we hire people who make their own unique contributions to our culture. We welcome all applicants and encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
To learn more about our company values, please visit: https://info.instawork.com/about
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What We Do
Our digital marketplace connects thousands of businesses and more than six million workers, actively working to help bridge the labor demand/supply gap. Instawork helps businesses in food & beverage, hospitality, and warehouse/logistics industries fill temporary and permanent roles in more than 40 U.S. markets.
We have been fortunate to be funded by world-class investors in Silicon Valley including: Benchmark (Bill Gurley), Y Combinator, Spark Capital, Google Ventures, Greylock Capital, Four Rivers Group, Craft Ventures, and many more. Leveraging our accelerated growth, we will continue to expand throughout the U.S. and globally in order to revolutionize the labor market.
Instawork recently raised $60 million in Series D financing, bringing a total funding to over $160 million. The new funding round allows Instawork to accelerate investment in its AI-powered mobile app and platform that connects over 6 million skilled hourly workers with tens of thousands of businesses.
Our values help us craft impactful products and be extraordinary colleagues to each other:
Empathy, Trust, and Candor
Being empathetic helps build trust in our community and company, and fosters successful decision-making.
Always Be Learning
We learn eagerly, from different teams within and outside the company. Respectful debate makes our company stronger.
Act Like an Owner
We have a strong ownership mentality. Every person on the team has the potential to make a huge impact.
Bias for Action
We practice high-velocity decision-making, despite encountering ambiguity frequently.
Why Work With Us
Our team is composed of talented individuals who are passionate about our mission, continuously learning from one another and encouraging each other to achieve their full potential. We believe that failure is not a setback, but an opportunity to learn and apply those lessons toward future growth. We also make sure to have some fun along the way.
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Instawork Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We ask that all employees near a hub location come into the office Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
