About the Role

We are a small charitable organisation that seeks to provoke participatory democracy via disruptive visual art. We're looking for a Senior Operations Lead to coordinate our organisation’s distinct functions, and ensure operations align with our vision & mission.

What Difference Will You Make?

• Your work will directly help us fund and deliver bold civic art interventions and national democratic processes that aim to influence real policy change.
• Our staff and volunteers are who we are, and without our staff we wouldn’t be able to make any meaningful change.
• Your role helps make sure our organisation is aligned with our mission of increasing public participation in democratic processes via guerilla art.
• Your role is extremely important to the smooth operation of Hive Mind Speak, making sure that our senior leadership feels supported and promoting organisational wellbeing.
• Your role will help our staff feel supported, and are on the same page, allowing them to focus on contributing to our projects meaningfully.

What Are We Looking For?

• Someone that is kind & respectful, impartial, assertive and confident with strong communication skills and able to intervene objectively when required.
• Experience working together alongside other people in large teams; preferably in a manager, leadership, HR, volunteer coordinator or extensive experience leading teams is strongly desirable.
• Familiarity with online cloud systems such as OneDrive or Google Drive is essential to this role.
• Strong observation and damage control skills are strongly desirable, experience in resolving HR issues, managing deadlines and taking a proactive approach to identifying and preventing emerging risks.
• Accountability and responsibility; past experience in managing project deadlines.
• Friendliness; building rapport with senior leaders and supporting them where necessary, ensuring that communication is seamless across teams.
• Any secretariat experience would be desirable; having the ability to collate and summarise large amounts of information and presenting these regularly to the Founder.