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Operations Manager

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Washington, DC, USA
Full-time

We’re Seeking:

An outstanding individual with a passion for social change to play a key role in supporting Movement Media’s work for our remarkable clients. The ideal candidate has a minimum of 2-5 years bookkeeping and administrative experience.

Movement Media’s Operations Manager plays an essential role in our day-to-day operations and a critical support role to our Director, all staff, and within our office. This new team member will be part of a unique company that maintains exceptionally high standards while working in a dynamic, faced paced, and forward-thinking environment serving highly visible clients on critical issues related to social justice, sustainability, and socially responsible business.

  • This is a full-time, at-will, salaried, and exempt position;
  • Compensation: $45,000-$65,000 annually;
  • Full no-deductible health insurance + dental and vision;
  • 15% annual retirement contribution; 
  • The position is based out of our Washington, D.C. office;
  • Starts December 1st, 2018.
  • Apply by November 20th.


Movement Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage people of color, women, people of diverse gender identities, LGBTQ persons, and people of unconventional educational backgrounds to apply.

Areas of Responsibility: 

Essential Duties

You will:

  • Manage accounts payable and receivable;
  • Liaise with accountants, advisors, brokers, and other professional service providers, as well as regular vendors, regarding contracts, and provision of services;
  • Administer employee benefits;
  • Interface with government agencies to assure compliance with applicable regulations;
  • Maintain the company’s essential digital and physical files related administration, HR, clients, accounting, and more.
  • Anchor our office reception and maintenance;
  • Ensure the office is kept in good order, clean, and fully stocked as needed;
  • Serve as HR support for our staff;
  • Proactively identify ways to improve administrative processes, build team spirit and staff camaraderie, and advance company mission;
  • Act as a representative of Movement Media and support the Owner and Director in meetings and other dealings;
  • Represent company to clients and potential clients; explain service offerings; negotiate contracts; manage new client business and projects; and occasionally explore and seek out new business opportunities;
  • Handle misc. assignments as needed for Director and staff to ensure smooth operations of business.
Skills/Experience: 

Qualifications

You are:

  • Passionate about social issues and interested in supporting the work of campaigns that bolster progressive causes;
  • Self-managed, dependable, and act with trustworthiness, integrity, and discretion;
  • Confident, outgoing, down to earth, and highly cooperative;
  • An extremely savvy, effective, and responsive communicator in person, on the phone, and via email;
  • A self-starter with the ability to think independently and work autonomously when necessary;
  • Proactive, and show initiative to continually improve your work and contribute to the organization;
  • A flexible, creative problem solver with strong analytical skills;
  • Committed to executing your work with precision, care, and acumen;
  • Experienced in project management from conception to completion.

Essential Requirements

You Have:

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience;
  • Superb organizational and time management skills;
  • Minimum 2-5 years bookkeeping and other administrative experience related to the responsibilities described herein;
  • Background working in social justice movements and activist campaigns related to human and/or animal rights, and/or the environment;
  • Additional experience in one or more of the following: facilities management, data management, benefits management, human resources, project management;
  • Exceptional written and verbal communications skills;
  • A positive, and “can do” attitude, as well as a cooperative not competitive work style;
  • An aptitude for working with online platforms, such as those of vendors or government entities. Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Quickbooks.
Compensation/Benefits: 

Compensation

  • Compensation: $45,000-$65,000 annually;
  • Full no-deductible health insurance + dental and vision;
  • 15% annual retirement contribution. 
How to Apply: 

Email [email protected] a one-paragraph introduction along with an attached zip file or dropbox link with the following application packet in PDF format:

  • Cover letter: Min. 800 words; including information tailored to this particular job about why you are interested in and passionate about this position; why you would be a good fit; and what skills you offer;
  • CV;
  • Two writing samples from the last 2 years;
  • Two job relevant professional references from the last 3 years.

Note: Please consider your application your first assignment related to the (potential) job. All applications that do not submit the full application packet with the content and in the format specified above will not be considered. Please demonstrate complete competence and attention to detail in the application process, including demonstrating impeccable attention to correct grammar and spelling.

Organization Info

Movement Media

Overview
Headquarters: 
Washington, DC, USA
Size: 
1-10 employees
About Us
Mission: 

We are activists at heart and publicists by trade. Our mission is to create and anchor public relations and communications infrastructure and offer tools to support growth, strengthen dialogue, build movements, sustain momentum, amplify unheard voices, and influence social change.

Programs: 

Movement Media is a full-service public relations firm. We provide public affairs, media relations, and communications services for mission-driven clients that work to advance progressive social change.

We represent leading natural product companies, progressive businesses, nonprofit organizations, and grassroots activists. We strive to be stewards of our clients’ stories and message while working to anchor their communications strategy and amplify their media presence with authenticity and integrity.

Our work has helped build businesses and organizations, influenced laws and policy, and advanced a variety of causes including fair trade, organic standards, animal protection, industrial hemp farming, labeling GMO foods, drug policy reform, environmental justice, sustainable agriculture, and the movement to raise the minimum wage.

Why Work For Us?: 

Movement Media was created to be a workplace that offers a sense of purpose to its staff through promoting and working for social change. Our business is about something bigger than the pursuit of profit or even just providing jobs. The following commitments help to anchor our efforts and our mission as a business with a social purpose.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Nov 5 2018
Active Until: 
Dec 5 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Movement Media
industry: 
Nonprofit