Operations Manager

Location: Remote. Candidate must be willing to work on an East Coast time zone schedule.

Reports to: Managing Partner

Compensation: $65,000 - $75,000, full-time

Role Overview: Rights CoLab is seeking a key member of staff to serve as the focal point on all operational issues, from fundraising to project execution to liaising with our fiscal sponsor. Rights CoLab is a leanly structured, collaborative organization that incubates new human rights initiatives connecting business, finance, and civil society. This position will support the operational backbone of the organization, under the direct supervision of the Managing Partner, who is one of three co-founders.

Major responsibilities

Budgeting, Financial Management, and Grant Management

• Lead the development of the annual organizational budget and mid-year re-budgeting process. Consult with co-founders to incorporate programmatic needs into the budget.
• Manage the forecasting of donor prospects and fundraising targets to inform annual fundraising strategy.
• In collaboration with the fiscal sponsor and other Rights CoLab staff, oversee monthly review of spending, including coding of expenditures by program and grant.
• Ensure timely spend-down of all restricted grant funds.

Management & Administration

• Support the Managing Partner to manage all aspects of the relationship with the fiscal sponsor, including fiscal management and human resources.
• Attend convenings as requested by the fiscal sponsor on issues such as digital security, budgeting, etc.
• Maintain, support, and provide ideas for continuous improvement of Rights CoLab’s use of key collaboration systems, including internal communications (Slack), CRM (Little Green Light), task management (Asana), and document management (Google Office).

Fundraising Support

• Support cultivation and stewardship of donor organizations by maintaining a moves management system (with CRM and task management).
• Setting the agenda for, participating in, and ensuring follow-up for internal fundraising strategy meetings.
• Organizing and distributing information necessary to prepare for donor discussions and asks.
• Support writing and editing of grant applications and reports as needed.

Qualified candidates will bring

• Minimum 2 years of non-profit experience with superior skills in budgeting as well as creating and managing financial spreadsheets.
• Superb organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ease with keeping multiple projects in play and moving forward effectively.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and grammar knowledge and skills at native English level.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• High degree of professionalism, empathy, tact, sensitivity, and level of confidentiality.

Exceptional candidates will also bring with them

• Familiarity with the funding landscape for human rights, business & human rights, and climate justice.
• Experience living and/or working with civil society in Rights CoLab’s key regions of focus (East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe).
• Experience with organizational budgeting and grants management.
• Experience or willingness to learn about working within a fiscally sponsored organization.

To apply: Send a CV with a cover letter (including salary expectations) detailing why you are a good fit for the position to info@rightscolab.org with the subject “Operations Manager”.

Closing Date: May 15, 2025