Operations Manager, Challenge Works (30 hours, maternity cover)

Nesta, Challenge Works; United States; Hybride; USD 68 000 - 91 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Homeworking options

Compressed hours

Part-time work

Job shares

Résumé du poste

Nesta, Challenge Works is seeking a part-time operational finance and governance professional for a 12-month maternity-cover contract. The role involves 30 hours across four days, with two weekly days in London Blackfriars, supporting programme communications and research teams while coordinating with central functions.

You will monitor budgets, dashboards and resources, using AI to improve efficiency, and help maintain governance, procurement and contracts in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience monitoring budgets, resources and operational data.
• Ability to build trusted working relationships and manage multiple deadlines.
• Comfort with AI, Asana, Salesforce, Google Workspace and Slack.

Responsabilités

• Help programme teams budget, reforecast and track variances; manage the central budget and invoices.
• Improve grant monitoring and dashboards; maintain internal tools and templates.
• Support resourcing, recruitment below band 5, and assist managers with HR matters.
• Coordinate leadership meetings and share operational updates with central teams.

Connaissances

Budget monitoring

Dashboard creation

AI usage

Project coordination

Outils

Power BI

Asana

Salesforce

Google Workspace

Slack

Description du poste

About the organisation

Challenge Works, part of Nesta, uses challenge prizes to support innovation in science, technology and society.

About the role

Report to the Head of Operations and support programme, communications and research colleagues, alongside central finance, people and legal teams. This is a 12-month maternity-cover contract, working 30 hours across four days, with two weekly days in London Blackfriars.

• Responsibilities
• Help programme teams budget, reforecast and track variances; manage the central budget, income, expenditure and invoices, and improve grant monitoring and dashboards.
• Support resourcing, lead recruitment below band 5, assist managers with complex HR matters and organise away days, training and team learning.
• Maintain internal tools, templates and process guidance, coordinate leadership meetings and actions, share operational updates and connect colleagues with central specialists. Use AI appropriately to improve efficiency.

About you

Bring experience monitoring budgets, resources and operational data, including dashboard tools such as Power BI. You should be able to take over established processes promptly, manage competing deadlines within part-time hours and build trusted working relationships. Be proactive and dependable, with confidence using AI, Asana or similar tools, Salesforce or other CRMs, Google Workspace and Slack. Understand governance, procurement, contracts and confidential information handling.

Pay and flexibility

Advertised salary is £50,700 to £67,800 annually full-time equivalent, pro rata; offers are expected toward the lower end. Nesta explicitly invites discussion of homeworking, compressed hours, part-time work, job shares and other arrangements. The advertised role is 30 hours weekly.