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Hire an HR Assistant.

They run your onboarding, records, leave and timesheets.

Also called: HR Virtual Assistant, Human Resources Assistant, HR Coordinator

From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr

  • Healthcare
  • Recruitment
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  • Works your hours
  • Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
  • Month to month
What your HR Assistant gets doneSample day
  • Prepares employment contracts and offer letters from approved templatesOnboarding & offboarding
  • Maintains employee records, position changes, pay-rate changesHRIS & records
  • Sends expiry reminders at least 30 daysWorkforce compliance & credential checks
  • Processes leave requests and answers leave-balance questions in the HRISLeave & timesheetsDoing
In your tools
  • HiBob
  • Xero Payroll
  • Gusto
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Personio
  • DocuSign

Pick the level. See the price.

US$10.50an hourFull time, 38 hours a week, all-in

Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Recommended
Even a local mid-level admin costsUS$22.86/hr
A tested Intermediate HR AssistantUS$10.50/hr
At least 54% lessBasis: a Seat's hourly price against the hourly wage of a comparable local hire at the same level. Benefits and payroll taxes would add to the local cost.

Owns onboarding and offboarding end to end, leave and timesheet administration.

  • Every starter fully onboarded before day 1
  • Monthly compliance status report
  • Payroll input file delivered before each cut-off

1-3 years as an HR assistant, administrator or coordinator.

How the Intermediate level works

Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.

What you hand to your HR Assistant

Tasks

  • Onboarding & offboarding

    • Prepares employment contracts and offer letters from approved templates
    • Sets up new starters in the HRIS
    • Coordinates IT access, equipment and the induction schedule
    • Runs offboarding: resignation acknowledgments, exit surveys

  • HRIS & records

    • Maintains employee records, position changes, pay-rate changes
    • Keeps digital personnel files complete

  • Workforce compliance & credential checks

    • Sends expiry reminders at least 30 days
    • Tracks completion of mandatory training and policy acknowledgments

  • Leave & timesheets

    • Processes leave requests and answers leave-balance questions in the HRIS
    • Checks and approves timesheets in Deputy or Employment Hero

  • Employee support & reporting

    • Manages the HR inbox and answers routine questions
    • Keeps the HR FAQ and knowledge base up to date
    • Produces headcount, turnover

Tested before you meet them

  1. Written English & employee communicationAll levels25 min
  2. HRIS & onboarding tool testIntern to Expert40 min
  3. Compliance register accuracy testAll levels30 min
  4. Multi-jurisdiction onboarding work sampleIntermediate and up60 min
  5. Sensitive-situation role-playAll levels20 min
  6. HR operations improvement caseExpert and Specialist60 min

One score on every profileSample shown

89%

Three checks before your shortlist

  • Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
  • English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
  • ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees

From booked call to day one

  1. Step 1: Book a demo

    Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.

  2. Step 2: Meet your shortlist

    Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.

  3. Step 3: Pick your person

    Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.

  4. Step 4: They start work

    In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.

Questions answered

An Intern HR Assistant is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.

Onboarding & offboarding, hris & records, workforce compliance & credential checks and leave & timesheets, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.

Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including written English & employee communication, HRIS & onboarding tool test and compliance register accuracy test. You see the score before you meet.

Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.

More questions

Within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview. First you meet your shortlist, interview the people you like and pick your person.

Yes. Your HR Assistant works your business hours in your time zone and joins your Teams or Slack like anyone else. The hub matched to United States clients is in Colombia, on New York time or an hour behind.

Yes, where it helps. Your HR Assistant works in the AI tools you already use. They use AI for first drafts and routine work, check every output, and follow your AI policy. You can ask for no AI on any task.

An Intermediate HR Assistant owns onboarding and offboarding end to end, leave and timesheet administration. An Expert HR Assistant owns HR operations for a business unit or large frontline workforce. We usually recommend Intermediate.

It stays under your rules: your admin settings and AI policy apply. Our talent rules ban client data in personal or free AI accounts, and passwords, card numbers, health details and ID numbers never go into any AI tool.

You direct the work day to day. We handle recruiting, equipment and quality checks.

Yes. Every HR Assistant is tested live in the tools on your job description, such as Employment Hero and BambooHR, before you meet them.

In week one: accounts provisioned with least-privilege access; payroll calendar and cut-off dates confirmed with the payroll contact; and jurisdiction cheat-sheet for the client's workforce. You agree the first priorities with them on day one.

Yes. It's also called HR Virtual Assistant, Human Resources Assistant and HR Coordinator. Same tasks, tests and prices, whatever the name.

Their written English, with a scored test, and their spoken English, on a call with us. We also check their ID, work history and references.

Yes. You meet your shortlist on a short call and pick the person you want. Nobody joins without your yes.

In our talent hubs in the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Colombia, and we hire from 60+ countries. Wherever they are, they work your hours.

Pay only for the hours they work. All your Seats are on one bill, and Studio plans are billed monthly.

It can, at most once a year. Your person's hourly rate may rise by up to 5% a year, from the first anniversary of the Seat's start, with 60 days' notice and the right to end the Seat before it applies.

Only when you and your person both agree to it in advance. Otherwise they work the hours you set, and you pay for the hours they log.

You aren't charged for hours your person doesn't work, apart from paid leave. After their third month, your person earns 8 hours of paid leave a month. Paid leave hours are charged at their usual rate.

Your person logs their hours each day in the Get Hands client app, where you can see them. Your next invoice is adjusted to those hours.

Yes, with no minimum hours. From 20 to 37 hours a week, the hourly rate is 10% higher than full-time. Under 20 hours, it's 20% higher.

Yes. Tell us the roles on a call and we shortlist tested people for each.

Yes. You give them access in your own systems, and you can change or remove it at any time.

They get their own login in each of your systems, never a shared one. Any password that has to be shared goes through your own password manager, never email, chat, code or prompts.

A tested shortlist within 72 hours of your call, or your first week is free. That's part of The Right Hands Guarantee.

Yes. Book a 15-minute demo any time, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away. You can also message us on WhatsApp on +61 485 061 086, or email hello@gethands.com.au.

Book a 15-minute demo on Microsoft Teams, any time, day or night. We show you the people, levels and prices that fit. No obligation.

Meet the people who fit your work.

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