Free Template · Virtual Assistants
Virtual Assistant Onboarding SOP
A Day-1 to first-month onboarding SOP for a virtual assistant — access, first wins, and the shift from task lists to owning outcomes.
What's inside
- Day-1 access checklist
- Week-1 first-wins plan
- First-month trust milestones
- SOP + feedback cadence
Format: PDF · 1 page · Free to use and adapt.
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Inside the template: Day 1 — Access & Context
Follow this to onboard a VA smoothly — most stalls come from missing access and unclear priorities.
Day 1 — Access & Context
- Email, calendar, and password manager access
- Tools granted (project mgmt, comms, drive)
- NDA signed
- Intro doc: about the business, your priorities, your voice
- Working hours and overlap confirmed
The full PDF continues with: Week 1 — First Wins · First Month — Trust.
How to use it
Three steps
- Download the PDF (email-gated, free) and open it alongside the process or agreement you already have.
- Read the sections in order (it opens with "Day 1 — Access & Context"); adapt the wording to your systems and jurisdiction, and mark anything your counsel or compliance officer must confirm.
- Share the adapted version with whoever will use it and revisit it after the first month — most teams trim it once the habit sticks.
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Virtual Assistant Onboarding SOP — FAQs
A Day-1 to first-month onboarding SOP for a virtual assistant — access, first wins, and the shift from task lists to owning outcomes. It is organised into 3 sections — Day 1 — Access & Context; Week 1 — First Wins; First Month — Trust — and covers Day-1 access checklist, Week-1 first-wins plan, First-month trust milestones, SOP + feedback cadence. Format: PDF, one page, free to use and adapt.
Founders, executives and small-team managers hiring or managing a virtual assistant for the first time, and agencies standardising how their VAs work.
Yes. It is free — we ask for a work email so we can send the download link. It ships as a PDF you can print or copy into your own document; adapt it freely for internal use. It is provided for planning and is not legal, financial, tax or compliance advice.
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