Summary
Impact Ops is looking for a Recruitment Specialist to join our remote team. The starting salary range is £41,000 to £49,000, depending on prior experience. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience. We’re open to part-time candidates (0.5 FTE or greater).
We’re an early stage startup, so if you’re looking for somewhere you can make a meaningful impact and take ownership for delivering excellent recruitment support, please consider applying here. The deadline to apply is 19 May EOD.
About Impact Ops
Impact Ops is an independent and EA-aligned organization that provides operational support to high-impact nonprofits. Our services include finance, recruitment, entity setup, audit, due diligence, and system implementation.
We’re looking for motivated, altruistic, and optimistic people from diverse backgrounds to join us in this impactful work by providing excellent operational support to our clients.
Key responsibilities
As a Recruitment Specialist, your key responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating closely with hiring managers at client organizations to coordinate professionally executed hiring rounds
- Conducting targeted outreach and identifying new promising candidate pools
- Implementing robust and efficient processes for recruitment and applicant tracking (e.g. in Airtable)
- Designing materials for outreach, including job descriptions, ads, and application forms, involving evidence-driven and tested hiring practices
- Designing materials for fair assessment, including hiring matrices, interviews, trial tasks, and work trials, involving evidence-driven and tested hiring practices
- Communicating with candidates throughout the hiring process
- Managing relationships at client organizations to ensure we consistently provide excellent recruitment support
About you
You’ll likely have:
- Previous work experience in recruitment-related jobs: We expect you to bring a depth of recruitment experience to the role (at least three years in a recruitment-focused role).
- An operations mindset: You’re good at identifying issues, prioritizing, generating solutions, and efficiently implementing new ideas.
- Strong attention to detail: You identify and correct small errors to ensure precision and accuracy in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
- A love of systems: You enjoy building systems that run exceptionally smoothly, and have promising ideas for improving existing processes.
- Strong communication skills: You’re personable and able to communicate professionally and clearly with various stakeholders and clients, both in writing and verbally.
- Comfort owning projects: You’re comfortable managing tasks and you thrive in an autonomous work environment.
- An interest in effective altruism.
We care deeply about our team culture, which is very supportive while encouraging high standards and ambition. We want you to succeed in your career and feel supported to grow.
Salary & benefits
Your starting salary range is £41,000 to £49,000, depending on prior experience. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience.
Our benefits include:
- Prioritized health & wellbeing: We provide private medical, vision, and dental insurance; up to 2 weeks’ paid sick leave; and a wellbeing allowance of £5,000 each year.
- Flexible working: You’re generally free to set your own schedule (with some overlapping hours with colleagues as needed). We’ll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one.
- Generous vacation: 25 days’ holiday each year, plus public holidays. We encourage you to use the full allowance.
- Professional development opportunities: We offer a £5,000 allowance each year for professional development. We build in opportunities for career growth through on-the-job learning, increasing responsibility, and role progression pathways.
- Pension & income protection: We offer a 10% employer / 0% employee pension contribution, and income protection (“disability insurance”).
- Parental leave & support: New parents have up to 14 weeks of fully-paid leave and up to 52 weeks of leave in total. We can also provide financial support to help parents balance childcare needs.
- Equipment to help your productivity: We’ll pay for high-quality and ergonomic equipment (laptop, monitors, chair, etc.) in the office, or at home if you work remotely.
- Global team retreats: As a remote team we hold in-person staff retreats twice a year, to work on our plans and build strong working relationships.
We’re open to full-time or part-time arrangements for this role. We prefer candidates who can work in European time zones, but we’re open to other arrangements for exceptional candidates.
We’re able to sponsor visas in certain countries, so let us know if you require work authorization.
Application
Here’s a summary of the application process for a successful candidate:
- Complete the application form by 19 May EOD.
- Attend an initial application screen (possibly including a short video call).
- Complete 1-2 work tests designed to simulate the work you would do if hired and/or evaluate certain skills important for success in the role.
- Attend a remote interview.
- Attend a 1-day paid trial (remote) to allow you and us to see what it would be like if you worked at Impact Ops.
- Submit references.
- Receive an employment offer!
Diversity & inclusion
We’re aware that factors like gender, race, and socioeconomic background can affect people’s willingness to apply for roles for which they meet some but not all the suggested attributes. We’d especially like to encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to express interest.
There’s no such thing as a “perfect” candidate. If you’re on the fence about applying because you’re unsure whether you’re qualified, we’d encourage you to apply.
It’s really important that all candidates who have the potential to succeed at Impact Ops are provided with an equitable experience in the application process. So, if you require adjustments to provide you with the best opportunity to succeed through our hiring process, please feel free to contact hello@impact-ops.org at any stage.