Hire a full-time remote illustrator for $2,300/month, flat.
A dedicated, full-time Illustrator working 40 hours a week on your time zone, recruited, trained, and managed by Gram Pacific for $2,300 per month flat, all-inclusive.
Gram Pacific gives US small and medium businesses dedicated full-time employees across 91 roles: bookkeepers, grant writers, marketers, engineers, designers, paralegals, and more. Each one is recruited, trained, and managed for you, working your hours, for one flat monthly fee.
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Roles you can fill this month
Ninety-one ways to get your week back
Every professional is full-time, exclusively yours, and already trained on the tools your business runs on. Start with our six most-hired roles, then browse the full directory of 91.
High-flying, high-paying roles
The fifteen seats companies outsource first
From executive assistants to AI engineers: the most in-demand, highest-paying outsourced roles for companies in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Every one is available as a dedicated, full-time Gram Pacific employee.
Client stories
Owners who got their week back
Real seats on real teams, in the market you are browsing. Switch country and the stories switch with you.
Not a marketplace. Not a VA subscription.
The Gram Pacific difference
Freelance platforms hand you a search box. Assistant services hand you fractions of a person. We hand you an employee, fully managed.
01 — DEDICATED
Yours, and only yours
No task pools, no shared assistants. One professional, embedded in your business, learning it deeper every week.
02 — MANAGED
A manager you never pay for
Every employee is supervised daily by an Operations Manager who tracks attendance, quality, and output — included in the fee.
03 — SYNCHRONOUS
Your hours, not overnight hand-offs
40 hours a week aligned to your time zone. Slack them at 10am, hear back at 10:01.
04 — GUARANTEED
Risk carried by us
Replacement guarantee in 10 business days, 30-day notice, confidentiality standard. Try replacing a bad hire that fast.
From call to day one in about two weeks
How it works
Tell us the role
A 30-minute call to map the seat: tools, tasks, hours, and what "great" looks like.
Day 1
Meet your shortlist
Three vetted, skills-tested finalists from our trained bench. You interview whoever you like.
Within 48 hrs
We train for your workflow
Your pick completes onboarding on your tools and SOPs before their first billed day.
Days 4–9
Day one, your hours
Your employee starts and your Operations Manager introduces themselves.
~Day 10
We manage, you grow
Daily supervision, quality reviews, and coverage planning happen behind the scenes.
Ongoing
Client stories
Owners who got their evenings back
Illustrative examples of typical engagements.
★★★★★
"We replaced $340/month of bookkeeping software chaos and a part-time contractor with one full-time bookkeeper. Month-end went from a dreaded week to a Tuesday."
Managing Partner8-person accounting firm, Idaho
★★★★★
"My EA runs my calendar, my inbox, and my sanity. The Operations Manager checks in monthly so I never have to play boss for a role I hired to stop being busy."
Founder & CEOLogistics company, Florida
★★★★★
"Two customer service reps for less than the loaded cost of one local hire, and our first-response time dropped under five minutes. The prepay discount made our CFO smile."
COOInsurance claims group, Arizona
Delegate the work. Keep the margin.
Book a 30-minute roles call this week and meet your shortlist within 48 hours.
Every role has its own flat monthly rate, starting at $2,000 and rising with specialism to $3,900 for advanced technical talent. All rates are all-inclusive. Scroll all 91 roles below: sorted by popularity by default, or switch to category view or A to Z.
Sort roles
Insights & guides
Learn before you delegate
Practical, search-friendly guides for owners weighing remote staffing. Read all six on the blog.
Role-based flat rates: from $2,000 per month for core support roles, rising with specialism to $3,900 for advanced technical talent. Every rate covers salary, management, training, payroll, equipment, and replacement cover. Then two discount ladders, team size and prepayment, stack on top.
Standard roles
$2,000+ /employee/mo
Full-time · 40 hrs/week · your time zone
Recruitment, vetting & training included
Dedicated Operations Manager oversight
Payroll, equipment & connectivity handled
10-business-day replacement guarantee
Technical roles (software, data, AI, cloud, security): $2,900 to $3,900
The two discount ladders
Stack both. Combined savings cap at 20%.
Team Scale — employees
Discount
Prepay Advantage — term
Discount
1 employee
—
Monthly
—
2–4 employees
5%
3 months upfront
3%
5–9 employees
10%
6 months upfront
6%
10+ employees
15%
12 months upfront
10%
🤝 Referral credit: $1,000 off your next invoice for every business you refer that places an employee. Founding-client offer: onboarding fee waived for teams starting before October 1, 2026.
Build your team, watch the rate drop
Slide, select, and see your effective monthly rate with both discounts applied.
Team Scale discount5%
Prepay Advantage3%
Total discount applied8%
Effective rate per employee
$2,760
Monthly team total$8,280
You save per year$8,640
Discounts stack up to a 20% cap. Prepaid terms are invoiced once, at the start of the term.
More roles than assistant services. More commitment than marketplaces.
Premium delegation services proved businesses will pay $3,000+ per month for one great assistant. We took the same bar of quality and applied it to your whole back office — with a full-time employee in every seat.
Every role has its own flat monthly rate, shown on its role page: core support roles start at $2,000, mid-level specialists sit in the $2,300 to $2,800 band, and advanced technical roles run $2,900 to $3,900. Team Scale and Prepay Advantage discounts stack up to 20% off, bringing a $2,000 seat as low as $1,600/month for larger, committed teams.
Where are your professionals based?
Our professionals work from Gram Pacific's international delivery hubs, where we recruit from deep, university-educated, English-fluent talent markets. Every employee is directly engaged and managed by Gram Pacific, works exclusively for your business, and operates fully on your time zone. We're happy to walk through our delivery model, security practices, and compliance framework on a call.
Is this like hiring a virtual assistant?
It's what people hope a VA will be. Instead of a shared assistant or a task subscription, you get one named, full-time employee dedicated to your business, plus an Operations Manager supervising their work daily. And it's not limited to assistants: bookkeeping, accounting, customer service, marketing, healthcare admin, and software development are all on the menu.
What if it's not a fit?
Our replacement guarantee provides a vetted, trained substitute within ten business days at no additional cost. Contracts carry a simple 30-day notice period, and confidentiality clauses are standard in every agreement.
How do the discounts combine?
Two ladders stack: Team Scale (5% at 2–4 employees, 10% at 5–9, 15% at 10+) and Prepay Advantage (3% for 3 months upfront, 6% for 6 months, 10% for 12 months), capped at 20% combined. A referral that becomes a placement also earns you a $1,000 invoice credit.
Who handles payroll, equipment, and benefits?
We do, entirely. Your flat fee covers the employee's salary, statutory benefits, laptop, connectivity stipend, training, and management. You receive one invoice a month and nothing else.
Is my business data safe?
Security is contractual and technical: confidentiality clauses in every agreement, least-privilege access to your systems, managed devices with VPN, and an ISO 27001 certification program underway. Client-specific data processing agreements are available on request.
About Gram Pacific Inc.
The most trusted bridge between great businesses and great talent.
We connect small and medium enterprises in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates with exceptional professionals from the world's fastest-growing talent markets — and we manage the relationship end to end.
Our vision
Empowering businesses and professionals to thrive in the digital economy
Gram Pacific exists because two problems solve each other. Growing businesses in mature markets can't find, afford, or retain the back-office talent they need. Meanwhile, brilliant, university-educated professionals in emerging markets are underemployed relative to their skills. A managed bridge between the two creates value on both ends — durably, ethically, and at scale.
Our mission: deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable staffing solutions that let SMEs focus on their core business, while creating meaningful, salaried, career-track employment in our delivery markets.
By the numbers
Where we stand today
157professionals placed & working
46SME clients across 3 countries
1,284vetted professionals in our pool
98.6%SLA compliance, trailing 12 months
62client Net Promoter Score
6 of 6replacement guarantees honored YTD
Leadership
Built by operators, not intermediaries
Our founding team has spent decades inside global outsourcing, technology, finance, and cross-border operations — on both sides of the bridge.
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Strategy & markets
15+ years in international BPO and IT services; previously led market entry for a top-10 global outsourcing provider.
COO
Chief Operating Officer
Delivery & quality
12 years in operations and delivery management across Africa and Asia, focused on process optimization and quality assurance.
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Finance & risk
CPA with 18 years in financial planning, risk management, and international tax compliance.
CTO
Chief Technology Officer
Platform & security
20 years in IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital transformation for global clients; leads our ISO 27001 program.
CHRO
Chief Human Resources Officer
People & talent
15 years in talent acquisition, cross-border employment, and workforce development across our delivery hubs.
What we hold ourselves to
Four commitments, both sides of the bridge
Quality is a system, not a promise
ISO-benchmarked processes, rigorous SLAs above 98%, and continuous QA sampling on every account.
Compliance leadership
Proactive data protection (Kenya DPA, POPIA, PIPEDA-aware), cross-border employment compliance, and confidentiality by default.
Fair work, real careers
Everyone we place is a salaried employee with statutory benefits, paid training, equipment, and a defined promotion ladder.
Transparent economics
Flat, published pricing for clients. No surprise fees for anyone. We never charge candidates a shilling, a rand, or a rupee.
Meet us on either side of the bridge
Hiring for your business, or building your career — we'd love to talk.
Gram Pacific places talented professionals in full-time roles with US, Canadian, and Australian companies — with a real salary, real benefits, paid training, and a manager in your corner. No gig-hunting. No bidding wars. A career.
Apply online — 10 minutesCV, role track, and a short written exercise. No cover letter theatrics.
2
Skills test + English assessmentRole-specific and practical. We test what the job actually needs.
3
Panel interviewWith our Operations team. Honest conversation, quick decision.
4
GP Academy training2–4 weeks, paid stipend, tools and US client workflows.
5
Placement & day oneMatched to a client, salaried from your first day on the bench.
Open tracks — always recruiting
Ninety-one career tracks. One standard: excellent.
We recruit continuously across every role in our services directory, from grant writers to cloud engineers. Every track currently open is listed below; tap one to prefill your application. High performers can be placed within days of finishing GP Academy.
91 open tracksTap any role to prefill your application below.
Why professionals stay
Not a gig. A job — with everything a job should have.
Freelance platforms make you compete on price against the whole internet. We hire you once, invest in you, and pay you every month.
💰
Competitive salary, on time
Benchmarked above local market rates, paid on the 28th via bank or M-Pesa. Full statutory benefits included.
💻
Equipment & internet covered
Company laptop, backup power guidance, and a monthly connectivity stipend.
🎓
Paid training at GP Academy
Training stipend while you learn, plus an annual certification budget once placed.
🧭
A manager in your corner
Your Operations Manager handles client friction and your growth plan. You never face a client alone.
📈
A real career ladder
Defined levels from Associate to Team Lead, with salary reviews at every promotion.
🌍
Global work, from home
Work with American companies on their hours from Nairobi, Johannesburg, or Bengaluru. Night-shift allowance where relevant.
The ladder — where this goes
Typical progression with strong performance. Every rung comes with a salary review.
Academy Trainee2–4 weeks, stipend
Associatefirst placement
Specialist II~year 1–2
Senior Specialist~year 2–3
Team Lead / Ops Managermanage 10–20 people
GP Academy
We train you before we place you. On our dime.
Every successful applicant completes GP Academy with a paid stipend, walking into their first engagement already fluent in the client's tools and pace.
WEEK 1
Working the American way
US business culture, async and written communication, time-zone discipline, and meeting etiquette that builds client trust fast.
WEEK 2
Your role toolkit
Hands-on training on your track's tools: QuickBooks and Xero, Zendesk, HubSpot, Google Ads, or your client's dev stack.
WEEK 3
Security & confidentiality
Data protection, least-privilege access, device security, and the standards US clients contractually require.
WEEK 4
Client simulation
A full simulated week with a mock client: real tickets, real deadlines, real feedback. Pass this, and you're bench-ready.
Applications open
Ten minutes now. A different career after.
We review every application within five business days. Strong applications share three things: a clear CV, honest self-assessment on tools, and a written exercise that shows you can communicate.
Recruiting now, urgently: Bookkeepers, Accountants, and Executive Assistants for July–August placement cohorts. Apply this week to join cohort KE-2026-Q3-C.
⚠ Gram Pacific never charges application, training, or placement fees. Anyone asking you for money in our name is a fraudster; report it to talent@grampacific.com.
Join the talent pool
By applying you consent to skills assessment and to being contacted about placement opportunities. Your data is handled under the Kenya DPA 2019 / POPIA.
Before you ask
Talent FAQ
Is this freelancing? Will I bid for jobs?
No. You become a salaried, full-time professional in Gram Pacific's talent pool. We find the clients, negotiate the contracts, and assign you to one dedicated client. You never bid, never chase invoices, and never compete on price.
What are the working hours?
Placements run 40 hours per week aligned to the client's US, Canadian, or Australian time zone. For East Africa that typically means afternoon-to-midnight shifts; a night-shift allowance applies where relevant, and your Ops Manager plans sustainable coverage.
Do I get paid during training or on the bench?
GP Academy comes with a training stipend. Once you pass and join the bench, you're salaried while awaiting placement — for strong candidates in high-demand tracks, usually a matter of days.
Is there any fee to apply or train?
Never. Application, assessment, and GP Academy are free, and training is stipended. Anyone charging money in Gram Pacific's name is committing fraud; report it to talent@grampacific.com.
Can I grow into management?
Yes, and we promote from within by policy. Operations Managers, who each supervise 10–20 professionals, are recruited primarily from our senior specialist ranks.
Insights & guides
The Gram Pacific blog.
Practical guides on delegation, remote hiring economics, and building a global team, written for owners who like their advice concrete.
Tell us a little about your business and the role you're thinking about. We reply within one business day, and you'll meet a shortlist within 48 hours of our call.
Gram Pacific Inc. · Serving SMEs across the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates · Delivery hubs in three continents · Confidentiality and DPAs standard.
Gram Pacific Talent OS
Demo login — choose a portal to enter the platform.
In production this screen is email + password with SSO and 2FA.
Ready to meet your first hire?
Book a free 30-minute roles call, or just message us. A shortlist of three vetted candidates lands within 48 hours.
where to point marketing and recruiting this month
Role family
Open seats (demand)
Bench ready (supply)
Coverage
Action signal
Bookkeeping & Accounting
11
64
Push sales — supply deep
Executive Assistants
8
57
Push sales
Digital Marketing
5
41
Balanced
Customer Service
3
38
Push sales
Software Development
4
12
Recruit — premium tier
Pipeline value
$118,900
MRR if all close · 47 seats
Weighted forecast
$61,200
stage-probability adjusted
Avg deal size
3.4
seats per SME
Lead → win rate
27%
last quarter
Marketing focus this week: GP marketing team targets SME owners & executives. Campaign "Nairobi Numbers" (accounting firms, 10–50 staff, TX/FL/GA) is producing 62% of new leads. Follow-up cadence: demo within 48 hours of enquiry.
* Legacy clients signed at the $2,500 launch rate; new placements bill at the public $2,400 rate card.
How the desk works: the left column is signed demand (open seats from won deals). The right column is bench-ready supply. Select one seat and one candidate, then confirm the match. Placement triggers onboarding, Ops Manager assignment, and first-invoice scheduling automatically.
Policy: each Operations Manager supervises 10–20 employees and reports to the Operations Director. When any manager approaches 20, hire or promote before the next placement wave. Reporting line: Assigned Employee → Ops Manager → Ops Director.
Manager load · 157 placed FTEs across 9 managers
Ops Director: Grace Muthoni
DN
David NjorogeNairobi hub · finance roles
19 / 20 ⚠
AC
Amina ChebetNairobi hub · EA & admin
17 / 20
MvdM
Marius van der MerweCape Town hub · CS & healthcare
16 / 20
JW
Joyce WambuiNairobi hub · bookkeeping
18 / 20
SD
Sipho DlaminiJohannesburg hub · marketing
14 / 20
RK
Rahul KrishnanBengaluru hub · developers
11 / 20
CM
Cynthia MoraaNairobi hub · mixed portfolio
16 / 20
PN
Peter NjengaNairobi hub · CS night shift
15 / 20
TB
Thandiwe ButheleziDurban hub · new · ramping
11 / 20
July invoiced
$392,900
157 FTEs · 46 clients
Delivery payroll
$233,900
KES 41.2M + ZAR 1.9M + INR 2.6M
Gross margin
40.4%
after payroll & statutory
Overdue A/R
$12,500
2 clients · both < 15 days
Unit economics per placement
new $2,400 rate card
Client flat fee (40 hrs/wk, US time)$2,400
Talent gross salary (KE benchmark)$1,050
Statutory (NSSF, SHIF, PAYE admin)$115
Ops Manager allocation (1:17 avg)$145
Tools, equipment, connectivity stipend$95
Training amortization$85
Avg discount given (Team + Prepay)-$210
GP margin per FTE / month$1,300
Premium tier (developers): fee $3,500, margin $1,180. Legacy $2,500 contracts migrate to the new card at renewal.
Invoices · July cycle
billed on the 1st, net-15
Client
Seats
Amount
Discount
Status
Atlas Claims Group
5
$13,500
10%
Paid
Cedar Ridge Accounting
4
$10,000
legacy
Paid
Ironwood CPA Partners
3
$8,550
5%
Due 15 Jul
Verity Home Health
4
$11,400
5%
Overdue 6d
Copper Kettle Foods
3
$8,460
5%+6% pre
Paid (6-mo term)
Fernhill Digital
2
$7,000
—
Due 15 Jul
Brightside Pediatrics
1
$2,400
—
Overdue 3d
Open risk flags
from the framework risk matrix
Risk
Instance
Mitigation
Status
Salary breakdown request
Marlow Dental Group asked for per-employee salary split
Aggregated public pricing; confidential appendix under NDA only
ISO 27001 roadmap · least-privilege access · VPN + MDM on all devices
In progress
Cross-border employment
Quarterly review: KE Employment Act, SA BCEA, IN S&E acts
Local counsel retainers in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Bengaluru
Compliant
Compliance scoreboard
ISO 27001 certification roadmapStage 2 audit · Sep 2026
Kenya DPA 2019 registrationActive
South Africa POPIA officerAppointed
US client DPAs signed44 / 46
Confidentiality clauses in contracts100%
Replacement guarantee honored (YTD)6 of 6 · avg 9 days
Standing rule: pricing is presented publicly as an aggregated flat fee. Salary + margin composition lives only in the confidential appendix, released under NDA. Every client-facing document goes through this filter before it leaves the building.
Toggle which of the 91 role tracks appear publicly on the Careers page and in the application form, based on current client demand and bench depth. The sales-side Services directory always shows all roles.
Your team
4
dedicated full-time employees
Hours this week
148 / 160
on your time zone (MST)
Monthly invoice
$10,000
legacy flat rate · all-inclusive
Avg quality score
4.7 / 5
last QA review cycle
Your Operations Manager: Joyce Wambui oversees your team's attendance, output quality, and coverage daily. Monthly check-in call: Thursday 10 Jul, 9:00 AM MST.
WK
Wanjiru Kamau
Senior Bookkeeper · 14 months with you
QuickBooksA/R + A/PMonth-end close
This week: closed June books for 11 client accounts, reconciled 3 bank feeds, flagged 2 duplicate vendor payments (saved $1,840).
★★★★★ 4.9
FC
Faith Chebet
Executive Assistant · 9 months with you
CalendarClient intakeBilling follow-up
This week: scheduled 23 client meetings, cleared partner inbox to zero daily, chased 6 overdue invoices (4 paid).
★★★★★ 4.8
AO
Achieng Odhiambo
Staff Accountant · 3 months with you
US GAAPTax prep supportExcel models
This week: prepared 8 client trial balances, built the Q3 estimated-tax worksheet, onboarding to your ProConnect stack (82% complete).
★★★★☆ 4.5
SM
Samuel Maina
Customer Service Rep · 6 months with you
ZendeskClient portal supportPhone + chat
This week: 84 tickets resolved, first-response 3m 41s median, CSAT 4.9 across 31 ratings.
★★★★★ 4.7
Your next hire gets cheaper: adding a 5th employee moves you into the 5–9 Team Scale band (10% off new-rate seats). Flat fee covers recruitment, training, management, payroll, and equipment. You interview a shortlist of three within 48 hours.
Bookkeeper / Accountant
Month-end close, A/R and A/P, reconciliations, US GAAP reporting. Deep bench: 64 trained and ready.
Flat monthly fee$2,400
Bench availability64 ready
Typical start10 business days
Executive Assistant
Inbox and calendar ownership, client scheduling, document prep, travel, follow-ups that never slip.
Flat monthly fee$2,400
Bench availability57 ready
Typical start10 business days
Software Developer Premium
Full-stack engineers (React, Node, Python) embedded in your team, code-tested above the 90th percentile.
Rate lock$2,500 legacy · renews Jan 2027 at $2,400 card
Billing modelFlat monthly · aggregated
Working hours40 hrs/wk · Mountain Time
Replacement guarantee10 business days
Notice period30 days, either party
Confidentiality & DPASigned · on file
A note on pricing: your fee is a single aggregated rate covering compensation, management, infrastructure, and our service margin. Per-employee salary composition is confidential under the pricing appendix. Growth tip: your 5th seat triggers the 10% Team Scale band on new-rate seats.
SLA compliance
99.1%
your account · target ≥ 98%
Attendance
100%
no unplanned absence in June
Output score
4.7 / 5
QA sampled weekly
Est. annual savings
$196,000
vs 4 equivalent local hires
Hours delivered · June
by employee, on MST
Wanjiru Kamau168 / 168
Faith Chebet168 / 168
Achieng Odhiambo160 / 168
Samuel Maina168 / 168
Achieng: 8 hrs approved leave (17 Jun), covered by bench substitute at no charge.
Monthly value report
June 2026
Client books closed on time11 / 11
Partner hours freed (est.)112 hrs
Overdue invoices recovered$14,300
Support tickets resolved361
Median first response3m 52s
Karibu, Wanjiru! Your assignment with Cedar Ridge Accounting is going excellently — 4.9 average quality score and a client commendation in June. Your Ops Manager Joyce Wambui has your next growth conversation scheduled for 15 Jul.
Assignment
Cedar Ridge Accounting
Senior Bookkeeper · Scottsdale, AZ (MST)
Tenure
14 mo
since May 2025
Quality score
4.9 / 5
client + QA combined
Level
Specialist II
next: Senior Specialist
This week · your shift 16:00–01:00 EAT (9am–6pm MST)
MONJune close finalized for 4 accounts · flagged duplicate vendor payment ($1,140) — client saved it
TUEBank reconciliations ×3 · trained Achieng on the client's chart of accounts
FRIWeekly summary to client partner · QA sample submission
Path to Senior Specialist
2 of 4 complete
✅ 12+ months at 4.5+ qualityDone
✅ Client commendationDone · Jun 2026
⏳ Advanced QuickBooks certification78% complete
⏳ Mentor one Academy traineeAssigned: D. Kiprop
Promotion = salary review. Senior Specialist carries a raise and eligibility for the Ops Manager track (10–20 direct reports).
Internal opportunities are open to Specialist II and above with 4.5+ scores. Applying never affects your current assignment; transitions are managed by your Ops Manager with full client handover.
Opportunity
Type
Requirement
Extra
Team Lead — Bookkeeping pod (new client wave)Lead 4 bookkeepers on Blue Harbor + 2 new accounts