Remote Content Coordinator - Part-Time, Melbourne Hours — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This is a part-time remote role (15–20 hrs/week) explicitly designed for offshore workers, making it well-suited for digital nomads — particularly those based in or around Southeast Asia. However, there is a meaningful timezone constraint: you must maintain reasonable overlap with Melbourne business hours (AEST/AEDT, UTC+10/+11). This rules out nomads in the Americas or Western Europe unless they're comfortable with early-morning or late-night shifts.
Best-fit locations for this role:
- Philippines (Manila, Cebu) — Only 2–3 hours behind Melbourne; ideal overlap. Low cost of living (~$800–1,200/month comfortable budget).
- Bali, Indonesia — 2 hours behind Melbourne; popular nomad hub with coworking spaces. Budget ~$1,000–1,500/month.
- Thailand (Chiang Mai, Bangkok) — 3 hours behind Melbourne; feasible with an early afternoon shift. Very affordable at ~$800–1,200/month.
At 15–20 hours/week, this role is likely to be supplementary income for most nomads rather than a primary income source. No travel perks, coworking allowances, or equipment stipends are mentioned. The schedule is set (Mon–Fri, ~4 hrs/day), so it's structured but not fully async — plan your travel around Melbourne's business day.
Position: Part-Time Education & Content Coordinator
Working Hours & Conditions: 15 to 20 hours per week (approximately four set hours per day, Monday to Friday), with reasonable overlap with Melbourne business hours. Potential to increase.
Role Overview
We are looking to appoint an experienced offshore Virtual Executive Assistant / Education & Content Coordinator to support our educational platform. This role goes beyond basic administrative tasks; it requires taking ownership of organizing and coordinating educational content. The ideal candidate will act as the program's operational coordinator, keeping projects moving, managing deadlines, preparing materials before meetings and recordings, and ensuring two busy clinicians remain organized and accountable — without requiring continual supervision.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the program's operational coordinator to drive the program and keep projects moving.
- Coordinate meetings, diaries, guests, and contributors.
- Remind the team of deadlines, prepare materials before meetings/recordings, and follow through afterwards.
- Prepare presentations and documents utilizing Canva.
- Upload and manage content for YouTube, Spotify, or similar platforms.
- Manage website content using WordPress or similar CMS.
- Use AI tools such as ChatGPT for summaries, research, show notes, and content repurposing.
- Prepare newsletters, emails, and basic social-media content.
- Create short clips from longer recordings and perform basic video editing.
- Prepare simple performance reports on content, audience growth, and engagement.
Requirements
Must Have:
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Strong Executive Assistant and project coordination experience.
- Highly organized and comfortable managing deadlines and chasing outstanding tasks.
- Able to work independently and proactively without continual instruction.
- Familiarity with Zoom, Riverside, or similar video/podcast platforms.
- Proficiency in Canva, WordPress, and AI tools like ChatGPT.
- Ability to work approximately four set hours per day (Monday to Friday) with reasonable overlap with Melbourne business hours.
Highly Desirable:
- Previous podcast or educational-content experience.
- Experience working with healthcare, dental, medical, or professional education businesses.
- Experience with email marketing platforms such as Mailchimp.
- Social-media scheduling experience.
- Basic video editing skills.
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