Operations Coordinator

Purposeful Ventures; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Purposeful Ventures is seeking an Operations Coordinator to ensure efficient operations and administration across various functions. The role involves supporting the Operations and Special Projects Manager with tasks ranging from event organization to managing correspondence. This position offers a chance to contribute to a not-for-profit aiming to create a fairer society for young people, fostering professional development and collaborative teamwork in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Exceptional organisational and time management skills, systematic with attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with adaptability to different audiences.
• Experience in developing professional relationships and a confident Excel user.

Responsibilities

• Managing mailboxes, organising events, and coordinating meetings.
• Collecting data for reports and ensuring meticulous data entry.
• Anticipating and responding to team requirements flexibly.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Numeracy skills

Attention to detail

Education

Degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Gain exposure to a breadth of charity administration roles across operations, communications and philanthropy and help ensure that Purposeful Ventures runs smoothly and efficiently.

Our Operations Coordinators help ensure that Purposeful Ventures runs smoothly and efficiently. You will work closely with the Operations and Special Projects Manager taking a proactive and varied role in the running of Purposeful Ventures, our projects, systems and facilities.

You will be anticipating and responding to team requirements so no two days will be the same – for example, managing mailboxes and correspondence, signposting staff, coordinating diaries, organising events, setting up meeting rooms, undertaking research, minute taking, collecting data for month end reports, and ensuring meticulous data entry.

This role would suit someone keen to gain exposure to a breadth of charity administration roles across operations, communications, philanthropy and finance. To thrive in this role you will be organised, have fantastic attention to detail, excellent written and numerical skills, a strong can-do attitude and a willingness to proactively contribute to the team in multiple different ways. You will enjoy working flexibly and collaboratively and forming strong working relationships.

At Purposeful Ventures you will find a great team of colleagues working together to create a fairer society where young people thrive. With a strong commitment to your growth, we offer support to help you excel professionally and advance your career, and a flexible working culture that champions both impact and balance. We offer in-office collaboration time in our state-of-the-art West London office with real flexibility to support your wellbeing, personal commitments and life outside work.

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Key requirements

This role will suit someone who enjoys and excels in varied administration and operations roles, making things work well for staff and clients, and delivering efficient customer service both internally and externally.

The successful candidate will be passionate about creating a fairer society where all young people thrive and have:

Essential

Degree or equivalent work experience

Basic understanding of general office procedures and administrative tasks

Excellent organisational and time management skills, detail orientated and systematic with the ability to inject pace and ensure delivery of multiple moving parts of their work; able to prioritise requests for their time

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt communication styles to the situation and audience

Excellent interpersonal skills with experience of proactively developing and maintaining professional relationships

Excellent numeracy skills, and a confident excel user

Experience of undertaking research and organising and presenting findings

Commitment to implementing and improving systems and processes

Reliable and punctual

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Right to work in the UK

Desirable

Administration experience in an office or related environment

Finance experience in an office or related environment

Experience using a CRM and/or databases

Remote statusHybridYearly salary£28,000Reports toOperations and Special Projects ManagerClosing date9am, 16th June 2025HoursFull-time (37.5 hours per week) or Part-time (minimum 0.6 FTE / 22.5 hours per week)Employment TypePermanentLocationLondon W12. Our core days when all staff are in our office are Tuesday and Wednesday. Staff have flexibility to work from home on other days when at in person meetings.

About Purposeful Ventures

We are a not-for-profit that works with social entrepreneurs and philanthropists to build and strengthen organisations that deliver systemic impact. We provide young people opportunities in education and beyond, helping them reach their true potential.