This part-time administrative role blends outbound sales support with entry-level recruitment training in Berkeley, CA. The position demands strong writing and editing, precise typing, personable phone outreach, and reliable transportation for local errands.
Responsibilities
- Conduct outbound sales calls and follow up on leads and estimates
- Reach out to existing customers about new services
- Follow up with clients after project completion to collect feedback
- Record outcomes in the CRM system
- Achieve weekly targets for call activity and candidate-pipeline management
- Draft clear, concise email templates
- Write job advertisements and call scripts
- Develop interview questions and candidate communications
- Learn to review candidates and administer surveys
- Interpret survey results and screen candidates
- Coordinate on-site interviews and support hiring and onboarding processes
- Run local errands, deliver and pick up materials
- Occasionally take job-site photos
- Candidates must provide their own transportation and will be reimbursed for errands
Requirements
- Associate or bachelor’s degree plus excellent written communication and editing skills
- Fast and efficient typing abilities
- Outgoing, extraverted personality; comfortable making high-volume outbound calls and handling rejection professionally
- Willingness to dedicate roughly five hours per day to outbound calling
- Reliable personal transportation and readiness to run Berkeley-area errands
- Residence within a 40-minute commute of Berkeley, CA
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to multitask across sales and recruiting priorities
Technologies
- Salesforce
- Breezy-HR
- Workable
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Optical
- 5 paid holidays
- 5 paid sick days
- PTO (paid time off)
- PTC contributes 50% toward medical, dental, and optical benefits
Compensation and Benefits
- Hourly rate of $24.00 per hour, with overtime at 1.5x base rate ($36.00 per hour)
- This is a part-time role, 20 hours per week; in Q3, with budget approval, hours may increase to 30 or 40 per week
- After 90 days of full-time employment, eligibility to purchase benefits: medical, dental, optical with PTC contributing 50%
- Full-time employees receive five paid holidays, five paid sick days, and PTO
Hours & Culture
Schedule is five hours per day, Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a 12:00 to 12:30 lunch break. The workplace offers a casual dress code in a relaxed environment near Berkeley Bowl West.
About the Opportunity
Become part of a fast-moving tree care team as a part-time Administrative Assistant who splits time between outbound sales activities and learning recruitment processes. This hybrid role emphasizes writing and editing, precise typing, effective phone outreach, and dependable transportation for local Berkeley tasks.
About the Company
Since 1980, The Professional Tree Care Company has provided tree services across Northern California. Based in Berkeley, CA, the company serves commercial, residential, and public works projects from Mendocino to Monterey and from San Francisco to Sacramento.
How to Apply
Upload your resume with your LinkedIn profile listed at the top next to your name and phone number. Include a brief cover letter highlighting relevant experience. If available, attach a short writing sample (such as an email template, job ad, or edited document). Candidates who submit a cover letter will be reviewed first.
