Job Description

Open Rights Group (ORG) is a digital rights campaigning organisation. We are looking for someone to help manage our internal operations while our permanent Operations Manager is away on maternity leave. This role is crucial to ensuring that Open Rights Group continues to run smoothly behind the scenes.

• Job Title: Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)

• Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 (4 days per week, equivalent to £36,000-£40,800 full time)

• Benefits: 4-day week; flexible working; parental leave; 7% pension contribution; generous training and development budget; 26.5 days paid annual leave (including public holidays), an extra day off for your birthday, and additional time off in December when office is closed; company-provided Macbook.

• Location: Nationwide (home-based/remote). Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

• Duration: Fixed Term (14 months)

• Deadline for Applications: 9am on Tuesday 17 December 2024

• Interview Dates: W/C 20 January 2025

• Start Date: 3 March 2025

What we’re looking for:

This role is spread across the internal departments of the organisation, including Financial Management, Compliance, Human Resources and Membership Administration.

Above all else, we need someone who:

• supports our mission,

• is highly organised,

• is passionate about taking care of the internal systems that form the foundations of an organisation,

• has a strong grasp of internal accounting systems and is able to play a leading role internally in ensuring our financial accounts are kept in good order.

As regards the rest, we’re more interested in your skills, rather than your past experience.

What the job will involve:

• Financial management: preparing accurate monthly accounts, managing internal reporting processes, administrating payroll, and supporting with statutory accounts preparation and with the organisational budget.

• Legal compliance: helping senior management to keep track of our compliance needs, coordinating updates to statutory registrations and renewals etc.

• Helping look after the team: coordinating onboarding and off-boarding projects, supporting with the implementation of HR policies, and helping to organise team events including our annual strategy refresh event.

• Assisting with our governance systems: scheduling meetings, preparing draft agendas and carrying out administrative tasks to support our Board of Trustees.

• Contributing to the smooth running of our internal systems and services: including potentially helping out with the development of our new Contact Relation Management (CRM) system.

• Helping out with our members and supporters: helping to manage shared inboxes and membership administration.

What we’re like:

ORG is a vibrant digital rights campaigning organisation. Founded in 2005, we have over 40,000 members and supporters and 10 local groups across the UK.

We uphold human rights like free expression and privacy. We condemn and work against repressive laws or systems that deny people these rights.

We campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes to build and support a movement for freedom in the digital age.

Our remote team is spread across the UK. We’re a supportive, flexible group with high standards. We’re innovative and agile. You’ll work hard but be rewarded by the impact you collaboratively achieve.

We take staff well-being seriously and meet up regularly for in-person work and social events.

Length and Salary

The Operations Manager (Maternity Cover) will be employed on a fixed-term basis for 14 months, following successful completion of a three-month probation period.

The annual salary is £30,000 - £34,000 (4 days a week, equivalent to £36,000-£40,800 full time) less any required deductions for income tax and national insurance. As mentioned above, the position is home-based, though travel into London for in-person events is required.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.

ORG is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse and inclusive team working in a supportive environment is vital to the success of our work. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as well as from LGBTQIA candidates.

How to Apply

Please submit your application on Applied before 9am on Tuesday 17 December 2024.

More information on the application process and what it’s like to work for Open Rights Group can be found in the Application Pack. You can also find additional information about the role in the internal Job Description.

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