Soar helps established Australian service businesses clarify the recurring work that should no longer depend on the owner, define the right Operations VA role and recruit a carefully assessed Filipino professional to own it.
Future-Ready Operations Placement
Hire your own AI-enabled Operations VA.
You select, engage and manage your VA directly. Soar leads the role design, search, assessment and supported launch.
Founder-led search
Tailored role design
Direct placement
Six-month supported start
Right Fit. Right Role.
Designed around meaningful recurring outcomes.
You do not need a perfect job description or fully documented business before speaking with Soar. You do need meaningful recurring work, the capacity to manage a team member and a willingness to improve how the work gets done. We help clarify the rest.
This is likely a fit if
Your business is ready for capable ownership.
Your Operations VA may own
The work that keeps clients and operations moving.
An AI-enabled Operations VA combines reliable operational ownership with confident use of AI and modern business tools.
The role is designed around meaningful recurring outcomes, not a generic list of disconnected tasks.
What Soar assesses
We assess communication, professional judgement, ownership, reliability, operational and systems thinking, ability to improve repeatable processes and appropriate use of AI and modern business tools.
Important boundary: An AI-enabled Operations VA is not automatically an AI engineer or advanced automation specialist. Technical requirements must be appropriate to the role and validated during role design and assessment.
The Cost of Adding Capacity
More operational capacity without another $100,000 local hire
Compare the indicative first-year cost of adding comparable Operations Coordinator capacity through a local employee or Soar’s direct-placement model.
Indicative cost
Salary or VA compensation
Australian super
Soar Placement fee
Indicative first-year cost
Indicative ongoing cost
Ongoing wage markup
Relationship
Indicative cost
$75,000–$95,000
$9,000–$11,400 at 12%
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$84,000–$106,400+
$84,000–$106,400+ yearly
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Employer-to-employee
Indicative cost
$25,000–$35,000
Generally not applicable*
$10,000 once
$35,000–$45,000
$25,000–$35,000 yearly
None from Soar
Direct client-to-VA engagement
Potential Savings
Approximately $39,000–$71,000
Before recruitment, equipment and other local employment costs.
Australian salary range is based on SEEK’s published Operations Coordinator range of $75,000–$95,000. Figures are indicative only and vary according to role scope, experience, hours and engagement arrangements. Clients should obtain their own employment, tax and legal advice. *Generally not applicable to a correctly structured overseas independent-contractor engagement. The appropriate worker classification and applicable obligations depend on the particular arrangement and should be independently confirmed.
How Soar Recruits
More than recruitment. A carefully assessed hire and a supported start.
Soar handles the time-consuming work of defining the role, searching, screening and assessing candidates—helping you save time, reduce hiring risk and scale smarter.
01
Define the right role
Clarify what should be improved, automated, offloaded or retained—then turn the right recurring work into a clear role and success profile.
Avoid hiring the wrong person for a poorly designed role.
02
Search and assess properly
Founder-led sourcing, application review, structured screening, candidate interviews and relevant practical assessment.
Save hours of recruitment effort and reduce the risk of an impressive but unsuitable hire.
03
Choose with confidence
Receive a curated shortlist of carefully assessed candidates, supported by useful selection context and interview guidance.
Retain the final decision without sorting through dozens of applications.
04
Launch with support
Engage your selected VA directly with role direction, six months of VA Success support and placement protection. Plus empower your team and VA with our FutureReady A.I
Give the selected VA a stronger start and a clearer pathway to ownership.
2–3 week curated-shortlist target
We generally aim to present a carefully assessed shortlist within 2–3 weeks of confirming your role requirements and commencing the search. Final selection and commencement timing depend on your selection process and candidate availability.
The process is designed to reduce the risk of hiring quickly without first clarifying the role, testing the relevant capabilities or planning how the person will establish ownership.
What Your Placement Fee Includes
A properly designed role. A carefully assessed person. A supported start.
The $10,000 placement fee covers the work required to clarify the opportunity, design the role, conduct a founder-led search, assess suitable candidates, support your selection and help the placement establish successfully.
01
Carefully assessed talent
02
Six-month fit protection
03
Australian-based support
04
VA Success Portal
01
Role clarity
Know what the role should own before the search begins.
02
Search and assessment
Save time while Soar finds and evaluates suitable talent.
03
Selection and placement
Make the final decision with stronger evidence and context.
04
Supported success
Help the role establish ownership during its critical first months.
The Soar Method$10,000
Role clarity, a carefully assessed hire and a supported start.
You are not paying simply to receive CVs. The placement fee pays for role clarity, a founder-led search, structured candidate screening and interviews, relevant assessment, selection support, a supported six-month start and reduced placement risk.
Future-Ready Operations Placement
AUD placement fee
01 – Commerce
$1,000
Approve the role brief and formally commence the search.
02 – Accept
$9,000
On written candidates acceptance before commencement.
Essential Questions
Clarity before you commit
Start with a free strategy call. We will use your business signals and your own judgement to explore whether the priority is better systems, automation, capable human ownership or a combination—and whether a placement is genuinely appropriate.
You select, contract with, pay and manage your chosen VA directly. Soar leads the role design, search, assessment and supported launch.
VA compensation will depend on the approved role, experience and agreed hours. An indicative full-time range is $25,000–$35,000 AUD per year. Compensation is agreed with the selected candidate and paid directly by you. Soar does not add an ongoing markup.
It means confident and responsible use of AI and modern business tools within an operational role. It does not automatically mean the person is an AI engineer or advanced automation specialist.
We generally aim to present a carefully assessed shortlist within 2–3 weeks of approving the role requirements and formally commencing the search. Final selection and commencement depend on interviews and candidate availability.
The placement includes a Six-Month Placement Fit Guarantee and one eligible replacement search during Months 1–6, subject to the written guarantee conditions.
No. You need meaningful recurring work, the capacity to manage a team member and a willingness to improve how the work gets done. Soar helps clarify the rest.
The Soar Method
Is a Future-Ready Operations Placement right for your business?
Book a free 30-minute strategy call with Liam to explore the work, the opportunity and whether a placement is the right next step.
Prefer to talk?
Speak directly with Liam.
Founder, Soar Virtual Assistants