Operations Associate

Operations Associate

Addition (a project of Tides Center) exists to seed a new field of working-class organizing of people unlikely to be reached otherwise. We do three things: 1) Launch new working class organizing projects from scratch; 2) Train and support people to do effective (or high-impact) organizing using common sense language; and 3) Tell the story of what’s possible when we broaden who we organize.

Addition includes our Incubator (launch new organizing), Fundamentals of Organizing training and materials, and our storytelling, of which To See Each Other is one example.

We are looking for an operations associate who will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of Addition by coordinating across departments, managing schedules, handling logistics for events/meetings, resolving inquiries from vendors, ensuring timely payment of contractors and services, and performing other administrative tasks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Overseeing daily operations that include but are not limited to scheduling, coding, processing contracts, routing and ensuring solutions to HR questions, participating in hiring processes of new staff, scheduling meetings, and internal communications.
• Overseeing and helping implement administrative procedures and policies.
• Helping coordinate essential services from external vendors or contractors.
• Handling support tasks, including managing filing systems, maintaining documents, and data entry.
• Supporting organizational infrastructure projects as needed.

Other Responsibilities

• Strengthening relationships with our fiscal sponsors to help us improve our financial and HR systems.
• Provide operations support for our projects and programs, including helping plan and execute logistics for events and staff meetings.
• Help ensure staff team compliance with all rules and regulations governing 501c3 and 501c4 non-profit organizations.

Experience and Qualifications

• Experience working in mission-driven 501c3 and 501c4 organizations is valued but not necessary.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Great communication skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to develop and manage systems that help us do our work better day in and day out. Analytical skills and ability to solve problems independently
• Adaptability, resilience, and ability to work with different groups of people.

Organizational Relationship

Addition is a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center. Addition serves as a home for incubating projects to engage the bigger “We” needed to preserve democracy and address the most pressing issues of our time by bringing together experienced, talented, and creative strategists and organizers to be in relationship with segments of the country that have been written off by much of today’s social justice movement. This position will report to the Operations Strategist. Addition (a project of Tides Center) is a fully remote organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation

Tides Center is an equal-opportunity employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. The organization encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, record of arrest or conviction and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.