Job Title: Operations Coordinator

Location: Hybrid, ideally Brighton based

Salary: up to £32,000 per annum, depending upon experience

Full Time

Our client, based in Brighton, is a prestigious events company, who are looking to hire an Operations Coordinator to join their team based in Brighton on a hybrid basis. Whilst the title is Operations Coordinator this role will be hybrid and cover various areas such as events, comms, and content.

As such, the successful candidate will be someone who is interested in getting stuck in and learning the ropes of the business with opportunity to get involved in various activities.

Responsibilities

  • Assisting at in-person and zoom events
  • Planning and coordinating events
  • Owning and coordinating our company diary
  • Assisting the Director with projects, comms, and admin
  • Creating and updating presentation decks
  • Drafting newsletters and communications
  • Own meeting agendas, take notes, and ensure actions are completed by our team
  • Map out and support with streamlining processes in the business
  • Keep the team accountable to processes and timelines
  • Respond to incoming enquiries
  • Own the start-up journey process and ensure things progress efficiently
  • Create internal and external company content from operations documents to membership guides and keep things up to date as things change
  • There is also an opportunity to learn the ropes and get involved in:
  • Spotting start-up investment opportunities
  • Evaluating start-up companies
  • Liaising with start-ups and investors on investment opportunities
  • Getting involved with running our external initiatives in investment diversity and start-up support

Requirements

  • Is interested in start-ups, start-up investment, and entrepreneurship
  • Is tech-savvy (loves using software to make themselves more efficient)
  • Keen to work in an early-stage business and a small team knowing that this means going from doing small admin tasks to working on big strategy stuff
  • They have experienced a customer-facing role i.e., in events, hospitality, or as a receptionist
  • Is super organised and loves operations (a future star COO?)
  • Loves self-development and learning
  • If you were working on a project with them, they would be the ones pulling the team together, ensuring things get done in a timely fashion.
  • Has an eye for detail and for things ‘looking good’ i.e., they will spend a bit of extra time to make a presentation look good.
  • Good at written communications
  • Comes across as confident and credible, able to hold a conversation with any character: from a junior founder to an experienced investor
  • Scrappy and resourceful – they can figure things out on their own, get things done and don’t give up easily

For more information, please contact Jamie Woodward at Clearline Recruitment.