Director of Operations and Strategy

Director of Operations and Strategy

LOCATION
:
New York, NY OEP is currently operating remotely due to COVID-19

POSITION TYPE
:
Permanent, Full Time

Final date to receive applications
:
October 22, 2021

REPORTS TO
:
The CEO

COMPENSATION
: $120-$130K, commensurate with experience; comprehensive benefits package, and generous vacation policy.

ABOUT THE OpEd PROJECT

The OpEd Project is a social venture and leadership organization, founded to change who writes history. We are a community of journalists, thought leaders, and change agents who actively share knowledge, resources, and connections across color, creed, class, sexuality, gender, age, ability, and beyond. Through our nationally-recognized curriculum, our team of journalist mentors, and through a portfolio of programs in partnership with leading institutions across the nation and the globe, we accelerate the ideas and impact of underrepresented voices, including women of all backgrounds.

We have been covered by most major media. We have stunning results.

WE BELIEVE:

• The story we tell becomes the world we live in.

• The world becomes more intelligent when it is more inclusive.

• The best ideas, regardless of where they come from, should have a chance to be heard and to change the world.

Over the past few years, we have experienced significant growth. As we grow, we are seeking to build our core leadership team, in anticipation of a bold new chapter. We will continue to expand our flagship Public Voices Fellowship initiative into a powerful new force to change the cultural narrative on a large scale, with permanent and undeniable impact.

ABOUT THE ROLE

At a critical moment in our growth, The OpEd Project is seeking a mission-driven, strategic, and systems-oriented senior manager and leader to help structure, build, and support our growing organization and underpin our success. Reporting to the CEO, the mission of the Director of Operations and Strategy at The OpEd Project is to ensure that we operate at peak performance across all departments and arenas at maximum impact and profit.

This role's primary responsibility will be to advance our effectiveness, scale, and sustainability by building, strengthening, and overseeing the policies, systems, and practices that empower The OpEd Project team members to do their best work. The ideal candidate will have a track record of exemplifying excellence and best practices while creating new systems and overseeing key operational responsibilities for administration, finance, and people operations.

They/she/he will be detail-oriented, tactically astute, and adept at creative and structural thinking.

This is an extraordinary opportunity for a powerful leader who is inspired by the hybrid business model of The OpEd Project and has experience laying the groundwork for growth at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Insofar as it underpins the organization, this role offers the potential to make an enormous historical impact and to change peoples' lives.

Specifically, the Director of Operations and Strategy is entrusted with leading and managing the team of directors and people operations, including the hiring, onboarding, and professional development of all staff. As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, the Director of Operations and Strategy ensures operational integrity in all programmatic endeavors; develops and oversees our financial systems and controls; creates, implements manages, and leverages the systems that drive performance and allow us to do our most effective work;

and establishes seamless internal processes that maximize the value of that work. The Director of Operations and Strategy is also responsible for nurturing a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace in keeping with the organization's mission and focus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

This is primarily an internal-facing role to develop and sustain the people, operations, work plans, and budgets that enable us to partner effectively with many organizations and serve a broad community through our programs. The Director of Operations and Strategy is the internal-facing partner to the CEO and the staff, responsible for team care, culture-building,…