Reporting to:Executive Director
Compensation:Competitive compensation based on experience and comprehensive health insurance package.
Direct reports: HR Director, Finance Manager, Development Associate, Director of Special Projects (Operations)
Location: Flexible location, preference New York, USA
350.org is looking for a dynamic and experienced Chief Operating Officer (COO) to develop and manage operational systems for a growing organization that support, motivate, and resource its staff and network throughout the world.
Background
350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Our online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. 350.org works hard to organize in a new way—everywhere at once, using online tools to facilitate strategic offline action. We want to be a laboratory for the best ways to strengthen the climate movement and catalyze transformation around the world.
350.org is a growing global organization incorporated and based in the United States, with staff currently working in 23 countries around the globe.
350.org is on a rapid growth trajectory, having grown our budget 400% since we incorporated in 2011. We seek ever more opportunities to galvanize the public to respond to the threat of climate change. This is due to two factors: scientific evidence of the threat of the problem and severity of impacts, and the success we have had in mobilization, creative communications, and organizing. Looking to the future, we believe aggressive political action on climate change can happen, but creating the political space for that change will push us to work more creatively, smartly, and quickly than ever before.
Our organisation is comprised of energetic, passionate, and disciplined change-makers. We are known for our sophisticated use of technology and our distributed organizing, mass mobilization, and connections to other social movements. We love Skype emoticons, customized Spotify playlists, open-office formats with newspaper clippings on the walls, and marching in the streets. Business suits are for meeting with political leaders, and not with colleagues.
Purpose of Role
The COO is a senior level strategy and management role focusing on the development and optimization of 350’s administrative systems. Reporting to the Executive Director, the COO identifies internal opportunities and challenges, coordinates across departments and teams, and directly line manage 350’s Operations Staff to further 350’s work in the world. This role encompasses Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and Development (Fundraising).
Primary responsibilities
- Oversee and coordinate the operation functions of 350.org to fulfil program needs, learn from evolving best practice, and comply with all applicable laws and regulation.
- Manage the short-term and long-term financial viability of the organization to take best advantage of any opportunity to further its goals.
- Support the Executive Director in making strategic decisions that impact the organization and its staff from an operational perspective, including sound risk management.
- Communicate with staff as an accountable leader within the organization and work to instil trust and faith in decisions made.
Required Qualifications
ESSENTIAL:
- 10+ years experience in related positions, including experience managing Human Resources, Finance, Legal, and Development (Fundraising) functions. At least 5 years experience in a senior leadership role and 5 years in an international organization.
- Proven record of leadership and decision making in financial functions, including financial management, budgeting, and business strategy
- Proven record of successfully producing an annual organizational budget
- Proven record of responsible risk management, including staff risk and security, with a demonstrated ability to bias risk-taking when appropriate in service of the mission
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to generate respect and trust from colleagues, direct reports, and external constituents
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to translate complex organizational data into clear and simple messages for a wide range of audiences
- Experience managing a team spread across multiple locations.
- Experience running a large department and using organizational resources effectively
- Ability to manage complex projects and work across departments
- Ability to prioritize and focus effectively across a wide range of responsibilities
- Comfort and ease working in a fast-paced environment, managing a large volume of requests
- Exceptional leadership ability matched only by your technical expertise
- Experience working in international and multicultural organisations
- Ability to create cooperate easily and readily with colleagues
DESIRABLE:
- Advanced degree in related field – Business, Law, Finance, HR, Nonprofit Management
- Certifications in related field – Finance, HR, Nonprofit Management
- 3-5 years experience working in a virtually-based organization
How to apply:
Please send a letter of application stating the skills and approach that you would bring to the post with your CV/resume (no photos) in strict confidence by email only to: Karem Armstrong at karem@darylupsall.com
Please ensure that they are sent as Word documents with the titles “your name cover letter” and “your name CV” Please put “350.org– COO” in the email subject line. Also please let us know where you saw the post advertised.
The deadline for application is Sunday 22ndMarch 2015, 18.00 CET.
Please note:
- Telephone interviews week beginning 30th March.
- In-person/video conference interviews, 6 and 7 April (Brooklyn, NYC, USA).
Additional Comments
350.org wants to be an inclusive and collaborative group of people that brings a variety of approaches to the work we do. We’re committed to the principles of justice, and we try to build a workplace where everyone’s treated fairly and enjoys working together. We value new perspectives, ideas of all sorts, and different ways of working. Diverse perspectives and experiences improve the way 350.org carries out its work – including what we decide to work on and how creatively/effectively we do that. We do our best to make staff positions accessible to women, people of any ethnic background, people of any age, Indigenous people, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer people, disabled people, and other under-represented communities in our kind of organisations – including communities most impacted by climate change or impacted by other kinds of environmental, social, and economic injustice.
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