Operations Officer

London, Greater London (Hybrid)

£27,000 per year

Full-time

Contract

This job is closed.

Job description

Are you passionate about tackling climate change and supporting the development and growth of a dynamic organisation? Do you want to use your experiences of operations to support a mission driven team? Then you could be UK100’s new Operations Officer.

The role will help coordinate and manage collaboration across the entire organisation and between teams at UK100. The Operations Officer will manage the office space, plan team events, support staff onboarding and recruitment, and drive HR and internal policies and procedures such as DEI, Ways of Working with various systems, IT security and GDPR. They will drive the development and delivery of UK100’s operations, supporting the Chief Operating Officer, and progressing the improvement of UK100's internal systems and processes. It will involve developing UK100’s CRM system and supporting team members' use of the CRM and the management and administration of our Finance and budget systems.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: UK100 is actively taking steps towards developing new opportunities for people from an array of backgrounds, ensuring that everybody has an equal opportunity and is not treated differently or discriminated against because of their characteristics. UK100 values the voices of each of its employees in order to progress in a collaborative, innovative and well balanced way. The postholder will be expected to echo and support this. This can be found on the UK100 website here.

Key responsibilities:

Maintaining UK100’s Customer Relationship Management system, including making updates that change front end form and function, coordinating with the service provider for training and updates and supporting UK100 staff in using the CRM.
HR processes including supporting recruitment, staff onboarding, and off-boarding. Maintaining a HR Calendar and staff policies, and monitoring and reporting across various HR areas.
Working with the finance team to track all of UK100 payments and expenses. Including maintenance and oversight of UK100 payments and support with UK100 grant budget tracking. Supporting the annual Financial Audit where necessary.
Managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers, ensuring efficient payments and working with the bookkeeper on invoicing. Reviewing overhead contracts ensuring best value for money.
Providing support for UK100’s Business Supporter Network including drafting contracts, updating BSN opportunities in the CRM and taking minutes from BSN meetings.
Support UK100’s management of IT systems including for example Drive folder management, group email accounts, administration of G-Suite, Zoom and Monday and security settings and good practice.
Developing and improving UK100 policy and procedure documents and owning and maintaining key organisational documents. Developing working processes with the team, for example on internal communications and ways of working.
Office management and coordination with our workspace provider. Managing UK100 equipment and the UK100 fixed asset register.
We are a small team. Ad hoc duties will thus arise, and every team member is expected to support the team efforts.

Place in organisational structure:

The post holder will report to the Chief Operating Officer, and be part of the Operations Team.

Key Relationships:

Internal: All team members

External: CRM provider

Office / workspace managers

IT service providers, administrators, and support

Benefits:

Competitive salary
25 days annual leave (plus statutory bank holidays)
An additional 3 days paid leave over Christmas period
An additional 2 days of paid leave per year to volunteer
Subsidised gym membership
Enhanced pension offering & access to professional pension advice
Competitive Parental Leave policies
Opportunity to request a Sabbatical after 1 year of service
Company MacBook Air
Work from home allowance
UK100 supports flexible working arrangements
Mental Health first aider

Special Note: This job description does not form part of the employment contract but indicates how that contract should be performed. The job description may be subject to amendment in the light of experience and consultation with the post holder.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Person Specification

Criteria

Knowledge