Operations Assistant

Location: Brooklyn New York City, USA. Options for homeworking.

About the company:

Eunomia Research & Consulting is an independent and ethical environmental consultancy. We are a mission-oriented business, and our goal is to be influential in bringing about positive change: we embrace this in all that we do. We employ around 140 staff and have offices in Bristol, London, Manchester, Brussels, Athens, New York and Auckland.

We work with a broad range of organizations from trans-national bodies such as the UNEP and the European Union, through national, state and provincial governments and municipalities. Over 50% of our work is with multinational companies or their industry associations. Our America’s team operations in predominantly in the US and Canada with some work Central and South America and the Caribbean.

We are at the leading edge of several areas of environmental policy which are critical in the eyes of governments, and we punch well above our weight in terms of influence on public and private sector clients alike.
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ob description:
To support Eunomia’s rapid growth, we’re seeking an energetic and highly organised Operations Assistant. Your work is expected to include:

• Supporting project managers in entering project information into our project management system
• Supporting the America’ CEO in setting up meetings, preparing agendas, organising rooms as well as arranging video-conferences
• Creating and distributing regular reports on project performance using data from our project management system; presenting the data in an easy-to-understand and useful way e.g., using graphs and basic statistics
• Running compliance checks e.g., whether colleagues are following our processes correctly
• Supporting with marketing activities
• Supporting with the preparation of bids

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of an Operations Support role
• A demonstrable high level of organisation and ability to multi-task
• Demonstrable experience of working under high pressure to tight deadlines
• Experience working with project management, HR and payroll systems

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable experience of working within a consultancy business model
• Experience working within the Sustainability sector, especially waste and recycling

Person specification

To succeed within this role, you will need to be highly organized, excel in multi-tasking and be able to work under high pressure to short deadlines. You will come with a can-do attitude and a willingness to get stuck into any task that supports the effective delivery of our projects, and the project delivery teams around you. You will need the ability to learn our processes and systems rapidly and become the expert on processes, systems and metrics for the organisation. You will become the go-to person on all things Operations for the company and will act as the right-hand person to the Head of Operations in analysing and reporting on project performance and process compliance. This is an operational support role, focused on supporting our project delivery and thus facilitating our ability to make a positive difference to the environment.

Candidates should reflect our values and commitment to quality and are expected to be self-disciplined, well organised and to be able to present themselves in a professional manner. A personal interest in, and commitment to, environmental issues is expected.

Remuneration

Flexible depending upon the experience of the successful candidate.

Benefits

• 401K retirement plan with Employer contributions up to 4% of salary, on a match funding basis after 6 months of service.
• Life insurance.
• Sick leave of 7 days per calendar year (pro-rated for part years), with no carry over to the following year.
• Health plan.
• 15 days annual leave entitlement, plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated for part-year working), rising by one day for each additional year’s service to a maximum of 20 days.

Hours of work: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, between hours of 08:00 - 18:30.

Start date: As soon as possible. An indication of the notice period you are required to work out (if relevant) and your earliest possible start date.

Application Information:

Please apply via really, please include a cover letter summarizing your reasons for applying for the post, your suitability for the post and why you would like to work for Eunomia.

All applicants must have a visa to be able to legally work in the US.

The application process will remain open until the position is filled.

Hardcopy applications will not be considered.

If you do have any queries please submit these by email to our jobs email address.

The Company reserves the right not to appoint anyone if no suitable candidates come forward.

Eunomia Research & Consulting is committed to protecting data and respecting the privacy of persons it deals with. In so doing, we comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) 2018. We confirm that in the event you apply for a role within Eunomia, your details will be securely held by the company in line with the company’s Privacy Policy which is available on Eunomia’s website. We encourage you to read this policy in order that you understand our legitimate reasons for processing your data, as well as your rights with regard to submitting your personal information to us with regard to recruitment.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $35,489.00 - $48,681.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Brooklyn, NY 11222: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location