Role: Operations Manager
Location: Burlington
Commitment: 15 – 21 hours/week
Pay: $20/hour
Benefits: Paid time off, professional development budget, optional vision & dental insurance
Application: Rolling — apply ASAP. Application process will likely close by 4/26. Apply here.
Start date: Likely mid-May; some flexibility
Questions: Contact Lily: lily@350vt.org

ROLE DESCRIPTION

350Vermont, a vibrant statewide grassroots climate justice organization, is looking for an Operations Manager based out of our Burlington office. Come support this important work!

The Operations Manager will lead or collaborate on a wide range of the internal aspects of 350VT’s work:

• Monitor 350VT’s Skype line and e-mail address
• Serve as primary liaison with landlord, neighbors, and people who come into the office
• Coordinate keeping the office space welcoming, clean, organized, and well supplied
• Handle insurance and other key administrative processes
• Pay bills, deposit checks, and keep tracking systems updated
• Manage updating employment policies as needed
• Support some aspects of hiring and departures
• Process and track transactions, donations, and thank you’s, run reports as needed, and supervise interns and volunteers who help with these tasks
• Track grant timelines
• Manage printing and mailing for fundraising appeals
• Help secure business sponsorships
• Run fundraising reports and track data
• Help maintain website
• Potentially (likely one or two of these, not all):
  • Manage 350VT’s internship program
  • Creatively strengthen our  overall communications strategy for the organization
  • Collaborate on the overall  fundraising strategy for the organization
  • Create graphics and images for organizational materials
• Help with other needs as they arise

This position is primarily based out of 350VT’s office in downtown Burlington, with some remote work possible. The Operations Manager collaborates closely with 350VT board members, interns, volunteers, and most of all the 350VT statewide staff collective (this position supports and works closely with the staff collective but is not currently a part of the collective).

We’ll process applications on a rolling basis and make a decision as soon as we can, probably closing the application process by April 26. We encourage BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, and people from other marginalized communities to apply.

To apply, please fill out this quick form and attach your materials. We look forward to hearing from you!

KEY SKILLS AND QUALITIES

Core competencies & key qualities

• Shows strength or promise in all the core competencies agreed on for 350VT staff members: collaboration, communication, initiative, accountability, facilitating productive conversations, time management, shared decision-making, organization, justice analysis/practice/commitment, vision for the work
• Able to collaborate productively and be genuine, friendly, and professional with a diverse range of people
• Highly attentive to detail and accountable
• Able to see what’s not working in organizational systems and come up with solutions
• Willing and able to work evenings and weekends occasionally
• Committed to following safe COVID protocols

Organizational skills/experience

• At least 2 years’ experience with the internal side of a non-profit organization or business, or equivalent life experience
• Comfort with tech and learning new tech (most relevant: Google suite, Slack, communication databases, Zoom, QuickBooks Online)
• A plus but not required (we’re looking for some combination of these, not necessarily all):
  • Database management experience
  • Experience with employment policy/HR
  • Experience managing staff or interns
  • Experience with grassroots fundraising appeals, grant writing, sponsorships, maintaining donor relationships, and/or fundraising strategy
  • Strength with social media, website management, communications strategy
  • Graphic design skills

Alignment with the organization

• Passionate about climate justice
• Embraces 350VT’s approach to organizing and movement goals
• Comfortable working in an organization that centers relationships