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What does a remote recruiting coordinator do?
An AssistBPO recruiting coordinator works a standing brief of 10 duties, and anything on it can be added or dropped in the weekly review.
- Write and post job ads from your approved template to your careers page, job boards and LinkedIn
- Screen applications against your must-have criteria and shortlist with a one-line reason for each decision
- Run 15-minute phone screens from your script and record answers in the ATS
- Schedule interviews across hiring managers' calendars and time zones, with confirmations and reminders to candidates
- Keep every candidate updated at each stage so no one is left waiting without a reply
- Coordinate assessments, references and background checks through your chosen providers
- Maintain the ATS: stages, tags, notes, source tracking and a clean pipeline report
- Prepare offer letters and onboarding packs from your templates for HR or the manager to approve
- Report weekly on open roles, pipeline by stage, time to fill and where candidates drop off
- Send the end-of-day report: applications screened, interviews booked, waiting on hiring managers
What skills and tools does a remote recruiting coordinator need?
The 8 skills below are the ones AssistBPO screens for, and the recruiting coordinator works them inside 8 platforms you already run.
- ATS operation and pipeline hygiene, whatever the platform
- Phone screening with a warm, consistent script and accurate notes
- Calendar coordination across multiple interviewers and time zones
- Candidate communication that protects your employer brand
- Job ad writing that is clear, inclusive and free of jargon
- Confidentiality with salary, references and personal data
- Spreadsheet reporting on pipeline and time to fill
- Persistence with hiring managers who forget to give feedback
Tools this role works in
A sample day, in your time zone
- 8:00 ETReview overnight applications and candidate replies; post the start-of-day check-in with pipeline counts
- 8:30Screen 35 new applications for the support lead role, shortlist 8 with reasons
- 10:00Run four 15-minute phone screens from the script; notes into the ATS after each
- 11:30Schedule six second-round interviews across three managers' calendars and two time zones
- 13:00Send stage updates to 22 candidates, including 9 courteous rejections
- 14:00Chase two hiring managers for feedback on last week's finalists
- 15:00Prepare an offer letter and onboarding pack from the template for HR approval
- 16:45End-of-day report: screened, booked, offers pending, waiting on managers, tomorrow's plan
Times are illustrative. Your shift is fixed to your opening hours during onboarding.
Hours and models
Models
- Dedicated coordinator, 80 or 160 hours a month, in your hours
- Recruiting pod: coordinator with a sourcer and a scheduler under one lead for agencies and high-volume hiring
- Project: a hiring drive for a new location or season with agreed dates
Coverage
US Eastern to Pacific, UK and Australian Eastern shifts from the group's two offices. Phone screens run in candidates' working hours; screening and scheduling admin can run ahead of your morning.
What are the terms for a remote recruiting coordinator?
The card, the contract terms and this role's own schedule and screening, in one place.
| Specification | What you get |
|---|---|
| Focus, 20 hours a week | $800 a month, 80 hours |
| Dedicated, 40 hours a week | $1,600 a month, 160 hours |
| Managed Pod, three seats or more | From $4,800 a month |
| Standard schedule | Dedicated coordinator, 80 or 160 hours a month, in your hours |
| Coverage | US Eastern to Pacific, UK and Australian Eastern shifts from the group's two offices. |
| Screening | 5 gates, named candidate within 72 hours |
| Setup fee | None |
| Minimum term | Month to month, no lock-in |
| Notice | 30 days, to stop or to change hours |
| If the fit is wrong | Trained backup covers the desk the same day, re-match at no charge |
| Continuity | One named assistant, one named backup, one team lead |
| Who does the work | Employed by SS Support Network LLC, never freelancers or contractors |
These are rate-card starting points. What you pay depends on the hours, the desk and the coverage window, which is what the staffing plan sets. Rates improve as you add assistants. Your staffing plan states the rate for the number of seats you need. The rate card carries the other currencies, the add-ons and the six things that move a plan off it.
How much does it cost to hire a remote recruiting coordinator?
Plans start at $400 a month for 40 hours, at $10 an hour, and rates improve as you add assistants. Get a staffing plan within 1 business day.
What moves the plan
- Hours a week and whether the role is dedicated or shared
- Seniority and the tools involved
- Coverage zone: business hours, after-hours or 24/7
- One person or a pod with a lead
What the market publishes
Other providers' published ranges, by market, so you have something to hold this against. These are not AssistBPO prices.
| Market | Published range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| United States | PayScale average $19.45 an hour for virtual assistants (range $12 to $30); Indeed $27.15 an hour; in-house executive assistant $4,700 to $9,100 a month loaded | PayScale and Indeed via Wishup, Marblism and Cherry Assistant, 2026 |
| Canada | Canada-based virtual assistants C$25 to C$60 an hour, with Toronto and Vancouver executive assistants up to C$75; managed offshore plans US$699 to US$899 a month | Virtual Gurus and VantaStaff published pricing, 2026 |
| United Kingdom | UK agencies publish Virtalent at about £28 an hour (£1,680 for 60 hours), SmartPA from £330 for 10 hours and Pink Spaghetti £35 to £40 an hour | UK virtual assistant agency pricing pages, 2026 |
How are remote recruiting coordinators vetted?
5 gates, in order. A candidate who fails one does not reach the next.
- English and phone assessment
- Typing and tool tests
- Background check
- NDA and security onboarding
- Shadowing and QA scorecard
Candidates who clear all 5 gates are proposed to you by name within 72 hours.
Candidates run a mock phone screen with one of our team playing a nervous applicant, then write a rejection email that leaves the person feeling respected. We are scoring warmth, accuracy of notes, and whether the script is followed without sounding read.
A timed exercise: screen 30 sample applications against five criteria and shortlist with reasons, schedule four interviews across a set of conflicting calendars in two time zones, and update an ATS sandbox so the pipeline report is accurate. We check for consistency and for the planted candidate who does not meet a must-have.
Identity, address and employment verified, references from previous recruiting, HR or admin roles, and attention to how the candidate handled confidential personal data.
Signed NDA covering candidate data, salary information and hiring plans, a user seat in your ATS and job boards under your accounts, MFA, managed devices, and no candidate data stored outside your systems.
The coordinator shadows a senior, then runs your pipeline with the team lead reviewing shortlists and candidate emails for the first weeks. Monthly, the lead scores a sample on screening accuracy, scheduling errors, candidate response times and the tone of every message sent in your name.
The full pipeline is on the how we hire and manage assistants page. Assistants are employees of the group, never freelancers, and you never co-employ them.
Services this role delivers
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to hire a remote recruiting coordinator?
Plans depend on hours, desks and coverage. Get a staffing plan within 1 business day. For context, PayScale puts the average US virtual assistant at $19.45 an hour and Indeed at $27.15, with an in-house executive assistant costing $4,700 to $9,100 a month loaded (via Wishup, 2026); Canadian assistants list C$25 to C$60 an hour and UK agencies publish around £27 to £40 an hour. A dedicated AssistBPO coordinator is one person for a block of hours each month, whatever the number of open roles.
Is it the same person every day?
Yes. One named coordinator learns your roles, your managers' calendars, your screening criteria and the tone your employer brand needs. A backup is kept current on your ATS and open roles so an interview loop does not stall during leave, and a team lead reviews the weekly pipeline report with you. Candidates deal with the same name from first screen to offer.
What hours will the coordinator work?
Your hours on US, UK, Canadian or Australian time, from the group's two offices. Phone screens and interview scheduling happen inside candidates' working day, so the shift is matched to where you are hiring. Application screening, ATS updates and pipeline reports can run ahead of your morning, so managers start the day with a fresh shortlist rather than a backlog.
How are recruiting coordinators vetted?
A mock phone screen and a written rejection email to test warmth and accuracy; a timed screening, scheduling and ATS exercise with a planted candidate who misses a must-have; a background check with references on confidentiality; a signed NDA with ATS and job board access under your accounts; and a supervised first weeks period where the team lead reviews every shortlist and message. The monthly QA scorecard then tracks accuracy, scheduling and candidate tone.
Is the coordinator an employee or a contractor?
An employee of SS Support Network LLC, the group behind AssistBPO, with a salary, a manager, paid leave and training. We never place freelancers or contractors, you never co-employ the person, and there is no agreement between you and the individual. You engage AssistBPO for a staffed recruiting desk with a backup and a team lead included, which matters when a hiring drive cannot pause.
Does the coordinator make hiring decisions?
No. The coordinator screens against criteria you set, shortlists with reasons and runs the process; every advance-or-reject decision beyond the initial criteria screen is yours or your hiring manager's. That keeps the coordinator's role clear, keeps decisions with the people accountable for them, and means the pipeline report shows you exactly where your own team is slowing things down, usually at the feedback stage.
Which ATS and job boards do you use?
Yours. We work inside your applicant tracking system under a seat you control, and post to the boards you already pay for: LinkedIn, Indeed, your careers page and industry boards. Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, BambooHR and JazzHR are learned during onboarding from your setup. If you do not have an ATS, the coordinator can run a clean pipeline in Airtable or Notion until you choose one.
How do you handle candidate data and privacy?
Candidate data stays in your ATS and email, never in personal files or spreadsheets outside your accounts. The coordinator follows your retention policy and the rules of your market, including GDPR and UK GDPR for UK and EU applicants, PIPEDA for Canada and the Privacy Act for Australia, and deletes or anonymizes records on the schedule you set. Salary and reference details are shared only with the people you name.
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