Business assistant
Office-based: the diary, follow-up on tasks, dealing with clients and suppliers, paperwork.
Executive staff · Yerevan
An assistant who does not
need telling twice
The head of a company is not the one who does everything. They are the one who builds a team – and the assistant is the first appointment in it. Renta Staffing Agency places executive assistants in Yerevan and across Armenia.
- A good assistant gives the chief executive back two to four hours a day
- The best assistants rarely have a CV in circulation
- We stay with the appointment through the first 30–60 days
3–5 daysfirst profiles after signing
3–5candidates to choose from
3free replacements
6 monthsstandard term of the agreement
Arrangements
The assistants we place
The shape of the job depends on where the executive spends the working day, and on how far business and private matters run together.
Personal assistant
Business and private errands together – from negotiations to tickets and household questions.
Remote assistant
For owners who work flexibly, or run a business away from an office.
Multilingual assistant
For companies with foreign partners and expatriate staff: Armenian, Russian, English.
Duties
What our candidates can do
We do not send round standard CVs. Each candidate is chosen for one particular executive – the pace, the manner, the priorities.
- Running the diary and deciding what comes first
- Business correspondence in Armenian, Russian and English
- Arranging meetings, negotiations and trips away
- Confident with office software and cloud services
- Handling paperwork and filing
- Business etiquette, and knowing what stays inside the room
- Juggling several things at once, under pressure
How we check a candidate
How the search runs
1
Profile of the post
We draw up a detailed profile against how you actually work.
2
Search and testing
Our register and the open market, with checks on written accuracy and how well they organise.
3
References and languages
We call previous employers and test the level of each language.
4
Fit with the executive
Whether their temperament suits the way you run things.
5
Settling in
We stay involved through the first 30–60 days.
Hours
Ways of working
The hours and the range of duties go into the agreement. Travel and overtime are a separate conversation.
How assistants are engaged
| Arrangement | How it works | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Five days, full-time | The usual office arrangement | Mon–Fri · 8 hrs |
| Hours that move | Set by the executive’s meetings and travel | by schedule |
| Remote | For running a business away from an office | as agreed |
| Part-time | A few days a week, or part of the day | 2–4 days |
The schedule and the list of duties go into the agreement, in plain English.
Yerevan and the rest of Armenia
Why this matters in Yerevan
Business in Armenia has picked up sharply. International companies have opened offices in Yerevan, investors keep arriving, and local firms are growing. Finding an assistant through a friend of a friend no longer works – the job needs someone who can keep pace with a demanding chief executive.
- Our own register of candidates, with references we have taken up ourselves
- First profiles within 3–5 days of signing
- A replacement if the person is not right for you
- Confidentiality at every stage of the search
- Yerevan and the regions of Armenia
Our fee
One payment, made when the agreement is signed
Our fee is 50 % of the employee’s monthly salary, split equally between the client and the employee.
50 %of one month’s salary – the whole cost of the search
The client pays25 %
The employee pays25 %
Term of the agreementsix months
Free replacementsup to three
How the payment works
- At signing the client pays their 25 %, and the employee’s 25 % in one go.
- The employee then receives their first month’s salary minus that 25 %.
- On a replacement the new employee pays us 25 %. For you the replacement is free.
- A shorter agreement is possible; we discuss the terms case by case.
How it works
How to begin
01
Enquiry
You describe the job and what matters to you. We ask about the requirements and terms.
02
Agreement
We take the brief, sign the agreement and settle the fee. Your replacement guarantee starts here.
03
Search
Within 3–5 days you receive profiles of three to five suitable candidates.
04
Interviews
By phone, online or in person, whichever suits you.
05
Trial days
If you wish, they work a few trial days before anything is settled.
Questions
What people ask most often
How long does it take to find an assistant?
The brief takes about 30 minutes and the first profiles come in 3–5 days. A rare set of requirements – two languages, a driving licence, experience working for a chief executive – can stretch the search to ten days, and we say so at the start. You meet only the people who have already come through our assessment: testing, references and languages.
What is your fee?
50 % of the employee’s monthly salary: the client pays 25 %, the employee 25 %. A single payment, made when the agreement is signed. If the person does not work out within the guarantee period, we search again at no extra cost.
How does an executive assistant differ from an office manager?
An office manager looks after the office as a place and as a set of processes. An assistant works to one person: the diary, the priorities, the negotiations, the travel, and often the private errands as well. It is a position of trust rather than an administrative function.
Do you test languages?
Yes, as a stage of its own – Armenian, Russian and English, or another language by arrangement. We test written and spoken business language, not certificates.
How confidential is the search?
What we learn about the company, the job and the requirements stays inside the agency. For a senior assistant that matters. The search itself is often something a company would rather not advertise.
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Enquiry
Describe the job and we will find the assistant
Tell us how the executive works, what the tasks are and which languages you need. The brief takes 30 minutes.
- +374 41 303 395
- office@renta.am
- 4/12 Marshal Babajanyan Street, Yerevan