Remote virtual assistant and admin jobs
Virtual assistant and executive assistant roles are a common first remote job: they reward organisation, clear communication and reliability more than a specific degree, and many are open across timezones by nature.
These are salaried or contract roles posted by companies directly, not marketplace bids. Each is labeled by who can apply, so you can skip the ones that need a US or EU address.
Right now there are 7 live roles from 4 companies, 2 of them labeled Worldwide or Open from Nigeria.
7 live roles, newest posted 9 November 2026
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Once a week, the new ones you can apply for from Nigeria. Free, and you can stop them any time.
How to actually get hired from Nigeria
Most remote applications go into a pile nobody reads. Before you apply, you can check two things a listing rarely tells you: whether you can really do this job from Nigeria, and who at the company to reach directly.
Job report · ₦1,500
Is the role still open, and open from Nigeria? How you would be engaged and paid, the working hours in Lagos time, and whether the company looks legitimate. Anything we cannot verify is marked “not found”, never guessed.
Direct outreach pack · ₦6,000
Everything in the report, plus who to contact at the company and a specific message written from your CV for that job, so you reach a hiring contact instead of applying into a pile. If we cannot find a contact, we say so.
Reports are bought per role, from that role’s own page. The Nigeria label and the Lagos hours on every card stay free.
Also hiring in Nigeria · 13
Not remote: virtual assistant & admin roles at 12 companies with offices or sites in Nigeria, hybrid or every day. Each says which when the employer does.
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What employers look for in a remote assistant
An assistant is trusted with a calendar, an inbox and sometimes company accounts, so employers screen for reliability and judgment before they screen for experience.
Google Workspace or Microsoft 365
Calendar invites across time zones, shared drives, email filters and basic spreadsheet work come up in nearly every assistant task list.
Overlap with your manager
Many assistant roles want a few hours of live overlap with the person you support. Check the hours in Lagos time before you apply.
A tidy way of working
Be ready to explain how you track tasks and follow up, for example a to-do tool, a weekly summary or a simple checklist you actually use.
Writing that needs no fixing
Test tasks are often an email draft or a meeting-scheduling reply. Short, polite and correct is the target.
Backup internet and power
If you will manage someone's day, a dropped connection matters. Say how you cover it.
Assistant roles attract a large number of near-identical applications. The outreach pack finds who to contact for the role and drafts a message from your CV that shows you read the job. See how the outreach pack works
Questions, answered.
Are virtual assistant jobs legitimate?
Roles posted on a company's own careers page, like the ones listed here, are. Be wary of any 'VA job' that asks you to pay for training, equipment or a registration fee; genuine employers never do.
What skills do remote executive assistants need?
Calendar and inbox management across timezones, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, travel and meeting logistics, and very clear written English.