Operations Lead, Mission-Driven Nonprofit (Remote)

Browning the Green Space; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Coworking desk

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Browning the Green Space in Massachusetts seeks an Operations Manager to partner with the Executive Director, coordinating calendars, board materials, and strategic initiatives. This role blends executive support with hands-on operations, project management, and systems building in a small, entrepreneurial nonprofit setting.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, discreet, proactive, and capable of managing shifting priorities while advancing mission-driven work across workforce development,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience preferred.
• 5–7+ years of progressively responsible experience in executive support, operations, project management, or nonprofit management.
• Experience supporting a senior executive, founder, or organizational leader strongly preferred.
• Strong project-management skills with the ability to move work from discussion to execution through clear next steps, ownership, timelines, and accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to prepare professional correspondence, meeting materials, presentations, and concise summaries.
• High level of discretion, judgment, maturity, and professionalism when handling confidential information.
• Interest in BGS’s mission across clean energy, climate, workforce development, entrepreneurship, community development, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Organize priorities, manage competing demands, and ensure commitments and follow‑up actions move forward.
• Manage the ED’s calendar, programming calendar, scheduling, meetings, travel, and related logistics.
• Prepare agendas, briefing materials, presentations, correspondence, and talking points for meetings and events.
• Track action items and proactively follow up with staff, consultants, Board members, and external partners.
• Triaging requests and determining what requires the ED’s attention or delegation.
• Handle sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment.
• Coordinate day‑to‑day administrative and operational needs.
• Develop and improve organizational processes, workflows, templates, files, and SOPs.
• Support organizational systems (Monday.com, Airtable, HubSpot, 1Password, drives, calendars).
• Coordinate vendors, consultants, subscriptions, insurance, and renewals.
• Support Board governance, meetings, minutes, and communications.
• Provide coordination for time‑sensitive priorities when capacity is needed.

Skills

Executive support

Operations

Project management

Calendar management

Communication

Nonprofit experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

5–7+ years experience

Support senior executive

Tools

Monday.com

Airtable

HubSpot

1Password

Job description

Browning the Green Space in Massachusetts seeks an Operations Manager to partner with the Executive Director, coordinating calendars, board materials, and strategic initiatives. This role blends executive support with hands-on operations, project management, and systems building in a small, entrepreneurial nonprofit setting.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, discreet, proactive, and capable of managing shifting priorities while advancing mission-driven work across workforce development,