Operations Generalist

Freelancingforgood; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established organization focused on animal advocacy is seeking an Operations Generalist to join their remote team in the UK. This role is pivotal in laying the groundwork for rapid growth, where you will manage internal processes, enhance team coordination, and ensure efficient operations. The ideal candidate is passionate about animal welfare, possesses strong organizational skills, and embraces a culture of continuous improvement. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful change and make a lasting impact for animals in need. If you have a proactive mindset and a desire to make a difference, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• Strong belief in the mission and flexible availability are essential.
• Ability to reason and communicate effectively is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal processes like accounting and donor management.
• Enhance team effectiveness and improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Flexibility

Growth Mindset

Education

No specific degree required

Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

Open Cages is looking for an Operations Generalist to join their team.

Overview:

• Full-time position
• Language: English
• Location: Remote in the UK
• Salary: £39,695 per year
• Applications closing: 4th May

Job Description

We are an organisation fighting animal suffering. We are part of an international organisation,Anima International, and since 2018, we oppose animal cruelty in the UK. To achieve our goal we use scientific evidence, careful reasoning, and draw upon decades of collective experience. Just in the last few years, we have successfully helped improve the lives ofhundreds of millions of farmed animals in the UK.

We are a small and ambitious early-stage organisation with two full-time team members. Our current objective: to help the 1 billion chickens raised annually in the UK. By joining us as our first employee focused on operations, you will help lay the foundations of the organisation as it prepares for rapid scaling, not only increasing our impact for animals now but also helping to shape the organisation we want to become. If you have an engineering mindset, like to organise things (ideally in spreadsheets), and navigate through novel problems, it’s time to use your strengths for animals. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of making a historic change for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

To help the billions of animals trapped on factory farms, we need an organisation that is expertly designed and not weighed down by inefficiencies. In this role, your first task will be to help us manage, monitor and speed up our internal processes such as accounting, finances, payments, staff operations, donor management and event planning.

Responsibilities

As an Operations Generalist at Open Cages, you will:

• Build culture – help build and reinforce our culture, so we never lose what makes up the strength of Open Cages.
• Embrace reality – make it your mission to understand the world as it is rather than as you would like it to be.
• Manage activists – manage and work with teams of both employed and voluntary activists.
• Experience frustration – feel frustrated about things you could do better or things that are not working in the organisation or your team, and use this frustration as an opportunity to refine and elevate our organisation.
• Question ideas – question common knowledge, especially your own ideas, so that our results are always as good as they can be.
• Optimise your performance – continuously deepen your knowledge about animal advocacy and how the world works.
• Prioritise action – act even when there is not sufficient data.
• Abandon projects – change your objectives when it makes sense, no matter the time already invested.
• Respect and trust others – be there for others and trust their intentions.
• Seek information independently – act very independently which will require you to obtain and verify data.
• Make mistakes – embrace your mistakes with the desire to learn from them.
• Oversee employment – oversee payroll, staff contracts, and employment matters and payments.
• Manage and optimise finances – be in charge of our income and expenses, ensuring efficient and accurate accounting.
• Help ensure legal governance – submit our annual accounts to the charity commission and ensure compliance with all legal duties.
• Manage supporters – handle communication with our supporter base and manage donors, primarily through email.
• Improve team coordination – enhance team effectiveness by improving structure, tools, and internal processes.
• Build and improve tools – spot inefficiencies and opportunities in our processes and improve them.
• Plan events – handle logistics and planning for internal and external events.
• Obsess over speed – reduce the organisation’s time spent on internal operations.

Role Requirements

We are looking for:

• Strong belief in the mission of our organisation. Working for us should not be thought of as a ‘career step’. We want people who are motivated by our mission above all.
• Flexible availability. Expect to work occasional weekends and late evenings.
• Not being an asshole. Treat others with respect, decency and compassion.
• A preference for hard work. Activism is our passion.
• Growth mindset. Keep learning and striving to be better.
• Strong interest in a high-feedback culture. Open communication about strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to reason and communicate your thinking. Think carefully and be open to being proven wrong.
• Fluency in English. Constant communication with English speakers is required.
• Ability to work in the UK. This offer is open to candidates who are currently UK-based or willing to relocate.

You do not need to be vegan or vegetarian. While all of our events provide only plant-based meals, we are open to anyone who wants to fight for a world free from animal suffering.

How to apply?

To apply for this position, please fill in the application form.

What will help you go through the recruitment process successfully?

• Familiarity with Effective Altruism principles.
• Studying our recommended materials list.
• Attending the webinar we are hosting.
• Some familiarity with automation and LLMs, though this is not required.

List of materials that will help you get this job

To help you progress through the stages in our recruitment process, we have prepared a list of materials.

Webinars

We will be hosting webinars (with live Q&A sessions) for any questions you may have about Open Cages, working with us, the position, and the recruitment process.